This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

I thought that if you come across as a freak, there will be some kind of distance. Maybe the distance became excessive. I realized that people were afraid of me without knowing me.

I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?

I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face.

I'm proud of the fact that I made my way in life very rigorously. I was a bit too stubborn when it came to certain things, which was unnecessary, like getting independent from and leaving Germany.

I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore.

Allow your hearts to be driven by principle, not bias. Love, not hate. Unity, not division. The fire of your dreams, not the rain of your sorrows.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.

Energy is connected to physical fitness. One of the reasons I stayed at the top so long is that I was tremendously fit. At 36, I was fitter than most opponents ten years younger.

Stand up for justice, stand up for truth; and God will be at your side forever.

My gut sense is there's something necessary going on and if I'm too fearful or angry, I feel like I'm feeding it.

Neither the true faith nor eternal salvation is to be found outside the Holy Catholic Church.

Sometimes we have dreams, but we just can't make them. That's normal.

There's no question this is where I want to live. Never has been.

You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.