The Egyptians saw the sun and called him Ra, the Sun God. He rode across the sky in his chariot until it was time to sleep. Copernicus and Galileo proved otherwise and poor Ra lost his divinity.

Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.

Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.

Though it is very easy to do valuations, eyeballs and brand prominence surveys, you should never allow any of them to influence the balance sheet.

We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers.

Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you in motion but gets you nowhere

I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.

In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits.

The Divine is simply that which science has not yet explained. In effect, God = Infinity - Human Knowledge.

The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given.

The people who would praise you for living lavishly, would be the same ones to laugh at you if your were to find yourself in the pit of financial crisis.

We know it matters not what we have been but this and always this: what we shall be.

Demons wait at crossroads attempting to influence our decisions.

When I do overcome my fear - what's going to happen is that I'm going to want a plane.

It is possible to wake up very quickly, to become enlightened, or you can do it gradually.

Change your way of thinking, change your way of doing, change your way of choosing.

Don't you want to take a leap of faith? Or become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone!

Perfecting the past blurs your focus of the future.

But everything is relative, Bertie... You, for instance, are my relative, and I am your relative.