I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)

They put me in a holding cell with a black kid and a white kid and a Chinese kid. We're the United Nations of juvenile delinquents.

I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.

When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer.

My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that, basketball, in the United States at least, plays the same function that soccer does everyone else in the world. It's the sport of poverty. It's the sport born of poverty. It's the cheapest sport.

Every Indian kid has access to MySpace and Facebook. But that doesn't mean they have access to books and great teachers. This idea about bringing digital tech into schools is great, but once again I'll say that this is not how people actually learn.

If it's fiction, then it better be true.