The first novel that I wrote was because I was having very interesting sorts of experiences, for Indians of my generation.

There are people like me who are not there yet, who are still the eagle flying high right now, still experiencing more in the world and growing as a result of that - and that is my journey.

There is a role for growth and experiencing the world, and pushing the boundaries of that, and then there is a time to bring it within. All people are at different stages of that journey.

I think nothing, at an objective level, is either right or wrong.

When I started, these [yoga] were very functional practices, as I said, productive to lose weight, or whatever, and now it has become a very spiritual kind of practice.

In the first 27 years of my life, I never had written a single non-technical word. I went to engineering college and went to business school. I never knew I could write fiction of any form.

What I'm trying to do right now is truly answer my most deepest most unarticulated questions for myself through my writing in some form.

What has happened in most of my books is the call to the extraordinary world, the hero's push, or that push has come to him.

I think his karma became to serve in nature and not to serve in the world, while I think my karma is to be in the world.

I don't think of the ashram world as being any more spiritual than the corporate world.

What I need to do is to just deepen my well. I'm just experiencing life now.

Stop nourishing other people’s ideas and beliefs in your life. Take up your own idea and endeavor to accomplish it.

See how forgiving - how brave nature is.

You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out.

You never can tell with bees.

Television has its opportunities. It allows you more hours; there's more demand, and it keeps you working. If you can do something innovating and fresh, it can be very rewarding.

Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares. [Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.]

The universe is biased toward consciousness because the universe wants to be noticed. It's a way into existential hope that doesn't have too much cliché wrapped around it.

All art has this characteristic-it unites people.

My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the better.

Where does a black soul go to rest?