“In our business, things look like a failure until they're not. It's pretty binary transitions.”

“It's not about the failure, it's about learning from the failures. Failure itself cannot be celebrated.”

“With all the abundance we have of computers and computing, what is scarce is human attention and time.”

“India for sure is a mobile-first country. But I don't think it will be a mobile-only country for all time. An emerging market will have more computing in their lives, not less computing, as there i...”

“I think the combination of graduate education in a field like Computer Science and the opportunity to apply this in a work environment like Microsoft is what drove me. The impact these opportunitie...”

“Human language is the new UI layer, bots are like new applications, and digital assistants are meta apps. Intelligence is infused into all of your interactions.”

“A cheap writer has an expensive thoughts.”

“It's rewarding if you have an opportunity to do something or to serve, you always give in your best. The world has changed, yes! But that shouldn't make you behave otherwise to the detriment of you...”

“The people of great value are the people who have a noble inner man”

“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.”

“Oh, Sweetie. No one ever gets through their TBR list. For every book you finish, you'll add five more. That's just the way it works.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”

“I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.”

“Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.”