People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.

All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.

Long, long time ago, I declared that all my works are a form of a prayer/a wish.

I get very sad when I think about Vietnam where there seems to be no choice but violence. This violence goes on for centuries perpetuating itself.

Life with another person is always difficult.