I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too.

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.

Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy.

For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake

I think it's a very important function of art to challenge accepted reality, especially when that reality is created by powerful interest groups.

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.

Home has become such a scattered, damaged, various concept in our present travails. There is so much to yearn for. There are so few rainbows any more.