I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.

'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.

I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.

I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject.

Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.

The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.

Cinema is an art form.

Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.

One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.

Films are like oxygen for me.

I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.

Affliction is a good man's shining time.

Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons but one out of one.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

For those who are intrigued by the multiplicity of reality and the unique possibilities of their own vision, the creative is the path they must pursue.

You have the ability to quickly change your patterns of thought, and eventually... your life experience.

I have experience seducing nephews.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

Write from the soul, not from some notion what you think the marketplace wants. The market is fickle; the soul is eternal.

Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.

You don't. It doesn't work. One day, you wake up, and you've learned how to store it, and you go to another part of the heart.