"I primarily write nonfiction. Research, reflection, and spending time with ideas are important to me. So, this is how I spend most of my time writing - in thought."

“Video games are ubiquitous now.”

“What did exclusivity ever have to offer but a distorted, unrealistic view of the world? People who stuck only to their own kind were scared people.”

“The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing, dancing, singing. The creation of art is still an everyday part of Indian culture, unlike the dominant culture, where art is sort of peripheral.”

“I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.”

“Shape is a good part of the fig's delight.”

Source : Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Fruit Book”, p.160, U of Nebraska Press

“Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'”

“So, she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee.”

“Following the attacks in Paris, French President François Hollande has a completely different set of concerns. France needs more police, more security personnel and a greater emphasis on integration. He says that security is more important than the Stability Pact.”