I am just a beginner. The two films so far are baby steps. If I develop an attitude, I'll be finished even before I've started. Besides, if I started misbehaving, my folks would give me a tight slap.

I'm not much involved in sports, and I don't play, either.

It's sad to be constantly judged for every move you make after your first success. If you wear your hair differently, you have changed.

I come from a family of working professionals: my dad is a chartered accountant, and my mom is a professor.

Sometimes writing a single line is enough to save your own heart.

To reach the pinnacle of your writings potential

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century

I am extraordinarily lucky, I was born in a family of strong moral values, and in my life I was able to do what I liked best: debuts, great theatres, but above all, inner and deep satisfaction.

Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.

I ran track in high school. I was a fragile young man, personally and physically. I tried football. That didn't work out; I broke my collarbone. But I always loved running.

The idea you can tell a writer of a specific religion to stop writing about that religion is presumptuous.

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

It's not the lack of resources that cause failure, it's the lack of resourcefulness that causes failure.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?