"My great uncle fought in WWI. His stories fascinated me."

“Work seemed something fundamental for man, something which enabled him to endure the aimless flight of time.”

Source : Kobo Abe (2011). “The Woman in the Dunes”, p.158, Vintage

“How shall we ever know if it's morning if there's no servant to pull up the blinds?”

“There are times I wish I didn't have a job, even though I love my job: I get to work with interesting, eccentric colleagues and equally interesting and eccentric subject matter, both of which are rarities. But, naturally, I would treasure having more freedom someday: of time and of movement. Will I always have a full-time job? I don't know. But I do know that I need to spend at least part of my week in an office, with other people.”

Source : Interview with Alexis Cheung, believermag.com. November 20, 2017.

“I go wherever my creativity takes me.”

“There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.”

Source : "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

“There is a certain flimsiness of poetry which seems expedient in a song.”

“But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.”

“You don't need a formal prayer or invocation to call the angels to your side. Simply think, 'Angels, please surround me,' and they are there.”