hope could betray you—but if you had no hope, life could actuallysurprise you in the best of ways.

Early in my career, I got roles that demanded that I be fit to carry off the angry young man look. Of course, I'm a fitness freak, and that's something I picked up from my dad.

You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.

Never imitate the eccentricities of genius, but toil after it in its truer flights. They are not so easy to follow, but they lead to higher regions.

I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied.

I love color. I'm enjoying trying all different shades. Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live.

How would you know what happy is if you've never been otherwise.

I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.

A Warrior also knows that the fool who gives advice about someone else's garden is not tending his own plants.

The things we do at Christmas are touched with a certain extravagance, as beautiful, in some of its aspects, as the extravagance of nature in June.