If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.

The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing, dancing, singing. The creation of art is still an everyday part of Indian culture, unlike the dominant culture, where art is sort of peripheral.

Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.

Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.