To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character.
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.
You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.
If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for?
Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency.
If there is no way out, the best course of action is to find a way further in.
The subtle performances of the leads, the remarkable Irrfan Khan and the engaging Nimrat Kaur, make 'The Lunchbox' a pleasure to watch.
I should’ve known the day was going to turn out bad when it started with my father trying to kill me
My parents love it! They're on set. They make cameos in the movie. My father is a psycho-analyst and a professor at Harvard and he told me how many of the other professors at Harvard have gone and seen it. They love Hostel and they love the thought behind it.
When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.