"But how he acts, and what he says, and what he does, and who he is, they don't line up anymore, and the lie is in that not lining up, the lie is in not being what she needs but pretending that he is. No one says a word, and she sees it every minute they have together."

“I didn't have much, but I was always happy to share what I did have. It seemed like every African that came to New York City would show up at my apartment door at dinnertime, and I couldn't turn them away. I wasn't much older than any of them, but they started calling me 'Mama Africa' and the name stuck.”

“It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there.”

“The only responsibility I feel is to deliver something that's new or at least to attempt that. The real responsibility is to entertain and to try and make people laugh.”

“No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone.”

“The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.”

“I love writing to my little sister. It's a very nice, easy kind of way I always find inspiration.”

“I think what makes you feel so connected with certain writers isn't a matter of autobiographical detail, but that the emotions are real. The way some writers are able to channel themselves through the form.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

“We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true.”

Source : "This Week in Fiction: Akhil Sharma". Interview with Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. January 10, 2014.