Marriage takes perseverance and determination. There are always opportunities to walk away from marriage but I feel very strongly that you have a responsibility once you start a family.

I was so absolutely riveted, I felt I was looking into the eyes of the artist. Art just closed the gap of time and space. The 16th century became as real to me as the 20th. It was something magical.

Desires occur because pratyakhyan [resolutions to not repeat the mistake] were not done. It comes in the memory because pratikraman [repentances] were not done.

Television has always been something you watch; now, increasingly, it is also something you do.

It must be hard to cook if you anthropomorphisize your vegetables.

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

Hate engenders loneliness and despair

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

Life is a constant back-and-forth. We take a breath in and then we breathe out. The same is true for the culture as a whole.

Anything worth achieving in life has a dip

I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references.