Aldous Huxley

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

I don't like to get in front of people.

The audiobooks I buy are never first-time reads - only rereadings of books I know well that I find intoxicating.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.