The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe.

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of Indian life.

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early.

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.

Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought.

You can't be evangelical and associate yourself with Jesus and what he says about the poor and just have no other domestic concerns than tax cuts for wealthy people.

By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.

It feels surreal to know that people out there know me, know my songs, and give me so much love.

When you are relaxed and you hear what you know is the truth regardless of your experience you love. You love the truth. You love hearing knowing responding to the truth because all of that is really you.

When I was a kid, I used to see apparitions and have hallucinations, and my entire perception of the world was badly disoriented. And I had kind of a chaotic childhood because of that. I've really hung onto it, though. Because I actually like those feelings.

One area where the state can be more effective in addressing the doctor shortage is to focus on making sure that Arizona is a friendly environment for doctors and those wishing to practice medicine.

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

Steve Howe met Paul Simon and said that Paul was very approving of our version of 'America.'

Fidel Castro's most scandalous show trial was not mounted against a political figure but against a writer: Heberto Padilla. In 1971, after 38 days of detention, Mr. Padilla was forced to 'confess' at the Cuban writers' union to the charges of 'subversive activities.'

I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

I like to get my hands dirty. Talk is cheap.

Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.

I couldn't care less about what anybody else has to say.

What I've come to learn with self-publishing is that if you want to provide readers with something of equal quality, it requires the same amount of time and expense.

I honestly thought I was going to win a major championship quicker than what I did, but it clearly took a little bit longer than expected.

I am a planter - a cotton planter. I am a Southern man and a slaveholder - a kind and a merciful one, I trust - and none the worse for being a slaveholder.

When I've pictured what Heaven would be like, I've always imagined myself free to explore the outer reaches of space.

I think at this stage in my life I have learned that there are any number of things that men will never know, and can never hope to know, about women.

When he came back from downtown, he had forgotten to bring his license, his identification, the $2 for the wedding license. So we got married two days later.

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.

You are the missing piece of my heart and soul. United we are now whole.

When you're trying to motivate yourself, appreciate the fact that you're even thinking about making a change. And as you move forward, allow yourself to be good enough.