I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early.

More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.

Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought.

Also I have an interest in spirituality and it opens-up so many different areas of Indian life.

I answered the call to heal before I answered the call of duty to my country. My job is to help and heal, not to destroy.

Macadamia nuts can be fatal to dogs, sometimes causing seizures and kidney failure.

When we assist Him in His mission of saving souls, we too will be rescued in the process.

The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.

Choice is the engine of our evolution.

Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old.

A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.

The First 40 hours of work per week are for survival. Everything after that is for success.

My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.