We cannot force our self to stay longer with something,situation or with the person who we don't really like . The best decision is to move on so then we can stay happy with our life style.

I think it's really important not to be so judgmental and not to be so fearful. Try to have confidence in yourself. Don't depend so much on what others say about you or want you to be.

To make a film is very difficult - it doesn't make a difference whether you are a man or a woman

I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script.

Even though ashrams... probably still exist in India, you don't find a child widow anymore.

My screenplays are very detailed. The reason they're detailed... you have to think on your feet. You have to be ready to change because there are no such things as ideal conditions.

The most interesting part of IIFA is that I get to meet filmmakers from India. I just attended a symposium on Satyajit Ray with Rituparno Ghosh and others. It was just so satisfying

I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.

You're a good man, Hunter.

Make your brand memorable or risk fading out!

I suspect that even most conservatives would prefer to live in the kind of world conjured up in the liberals' imagination rather than in the kind of world we are in fact stuck with.

I have a feeling that we have been placed on this earth for a special reason and although I have not fulfilled all my missions, I am trying.

I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.

I think that women are wonderful but I've never met one yet who didn't show more feeling than logic.

I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have.

I was always able to throw-it's not something I consciously worked on.

America is the sum of all our journeys as we search for our national community and our national culture.

One thing that success has taught me is censorship.