"If you don't read news.groups, the net appears to be a rather tranquil place."

“No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track baby I was born to survive.”

“What I have written, I have written.”

“I love directing. It's where my heart is, and it's the way my mind works.”

“Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.”

Source : Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.155, Harvard University Press

“The Saga of Dharmapuri is one of the great works of modern Indian literature. (...) Set against Vijayan's heroic and scatological Candide -- originally written in Malayalam and finely translated into English by the author -- the timidity of our own English talent for political satire is embarrassingly laid bare. For this is dangerous stuff, and cut close to the bone. (...) Fiercest of all is Vijayan's Voltairean recoil from Indian cringing to power.”

“If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope.”

“I never panic when I get lost. I just change where it is I want to go.”

“Museums should be places where you raise questions, not just show stuff.”