I discovered that if you find the language to talk to younger readers, children can accept anything.

We are described into corners, and then we must describe ourselves out of corners.

Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.

The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism.

This is going to make me sound ancient, but I remember Juhu Beach when there weren't any buildings on it. You'd go through countryside and arrive at this amazing beach. I remember driving from Delhi to the Qutab Minar through countryside. Mehrauli was a little village - that's all gone.

We crave permission openly to become our secret selves.

Now I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that's what.