Much hostile and aggressive behaviour among animals is the expression of social insecurity.

I am reminded of a story of Lord Krishna when he was a cowherd. Every night he invites the milkmaids to dance with him in the forest. They come and they dance. The night is dark, the fire in their midst roars and crackles, the beat of the music gets ever faster - the girls dance and dance and dance with their sweet lord, who has made himself so abundant as to be in the arms of each and every girl. But the moment the girls become possessive, the moment each one imagines that Krishna is her partner alone, he vanishes. So it is that we should not be jealous of God.

Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.

My greatest wish - other than salvation - was to have a book.

Most of us get our history through story.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

In art, something comes of nothing. Out of the thin air and the ether, you create a story. And that is intensely satisfying.