No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.

And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that's what we're supposed to do. Get under your skin, and make you react.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago.

Think how weird profit margins are: We've got high unemployment and financial crises - and world record profit margins. People think the American market is very cheap. We don't. The market quite incorrectly gives full credit to today's earnings.

It was in Delhi when I started doing jingles and making money through music.

In reality, every time the government takes an additional dollar in taxes out of someone's pocket, it's a dollar that person will not be able to spend or invest. When government spending goes up, private spending goes down. There is no net effect. No wealth creation.