You go to India and you see the poorest village somewhere in the middle of India. And the poor family is happier than any rich billionaire in this country because of spirituality.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

Each life experience poses this question: how do you want to be changed because of me?

Fool! You may hate me...But I...I haven't stopped thinking of you for a single day.

Language shapes consciousness and from consciousness, our world is shaped.

... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited.

Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendour.

We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.

For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong.

I never wondered whether I should be a stage actress or a movie actress.

I've always said I've got the coolest fans, and I brag about you like grandchildren when I talk to other artists.

I'm bad at picking heroes.