“Not having a car gives me volumes not to think or worry about, and mak...” — Pico Iyer Quote

“Not having a car gives me volumes not to think or worry about, and makes walks around the neighborhood a daily adventure.”

“I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to print out an article I've written, or missing out on the N.B.A. Finals. But at some point, I decided that, for me at least, happiness arose out of all I didn't want or need, not all I did.”

“To see the Persia of poets and painters, hiding in plain sight behind the much-maligned Iran of our newspaper headlines, would be my fondest wish.”

“If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva.”

“Music should always be an adventure.”

“When I started writing 'Luck in the Shadows,' I just wanted to create an adventure story.”