The cold-audition process is not a science, so I ignore that.

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

Western films don't do very well in India.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself

Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.

The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.

All good, clean stories are melodrama, it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.

By leading ourselves effectively, we can learn to lead others as a whole person: mind, body, and spirit.

Don’t be sorry. You could hurt me a thousand different ways and I’d love it every time.

If antimatter and matter make contact, both are destroyedinstantly. Physicists call the process ‘annihilation.

The first pale blossom of the unripened year.

To entrust the government with the power of determining the education which our children receive is entrusting our servant with the power to be our master.

But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.

Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.

As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.

Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.

I just want to apologize in advance that I don’t have enough subpoenas for all of you.