"I write to tell stories. I believe that there a some professions in the world that will last forever: doctor or a nurse, teacher, builder and a storyteller. I write also to become myself, more so day by day. Writing is a way to shape out visible and invisible, in myself as well as in the world."

“It is longstanding U.S. policy that we will talk to the Iranians anytime, anywhere, on any subject, with no preconditions. So far, they have not taken us up on our offer.”

“The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of their brethren in eternal fire.”

“I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.”

Source : Nevil Shute (1973). “A Nevil Shute omnibus”

“[Ulysses is] the work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.”

“The spaces I want to be in are nurturing and soft and saturated with color. Our cities don't have enough of that, and as humans we need it.”

“I'm someone who'd never base how happy I am on how much money I have, or how good a restaurant is because of how posh it is.”

“It’s important to let go, calm down, and get grounded. We need to listen to ourselves. When one becomes aware that our present-moment thoughts are not productive, one should simply let them go. Change a negative thought to a positive one.”

“India always changes people, and I have been no exception”

Source : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (2016). “Heat and Dust”, p.7, Counterpoint