We're not interested to know the real heroes. We're really more interested in the villains, actually, and they seem to thrive, and it continues to be business as usual.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

I was brought up in a tenement house in a working district. We didn't even have a bathroom! We had a gaslight in the hallway and a black-and-white TV.

This is the book I never read ~ These are the words I never said ~ This is the path I'll never tread ~ These are the dreams I'll dream instead

I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.

A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.

The first gift is Strength. May you remember to call upon it whenever you need it.

A lot of people don't understand how a lot of money is being made. There's a combination of fear related to that, envy, distrust that gets filtered into that.

It is bad to believe you in error. It would be infinitely worse to have known you a hypocrite.

Somebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, "We love the movie but it's too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.".

I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me because I'm an established filmmaker. It's a blue-collar sensibility.

I think it's important that campaigns be aired all the way through, that people aren't voting three weeks before, before debates are held.

Cleanliness drive is something that has touched every Indian.

...when food is shared in a fair way, with solidarity, when no one is deprived, every community can meet the needs of the poorest. Human ecology and environmental ecology walk together.

It seems that humanity is incapable of putting a halt to the shedding of innocent blood.

Growing up, I wanted to be a sports commentator. Then my aunt introduced me to the fashion industry, and everything sort of fell into place.