I listen to Ustad Vilayat Khan's 'Raga Khamaj' and 'Raga Jaijaiwanti' virtually every morning, a lot of Abdullah Ibrahim, Michael Kiwanuka, Savages, and contemporary Ugandan pop.

Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.

If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.

Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant.

It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.

What is really important to me is a sense of humour and a mischief about life. Life is just too boring otherwise.

We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.

We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.

Christmas lights may be the loneliest thing for me, especially if you mix them up with reindeers and sleighs. I feel alone. I feel isolated. I feel I do not belong.

I am still attracted to stories about people who are considered to be on the outside of society. I still seek inspiration from those stories.

I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world.

She is not an ordinary girl. She is my fairy who will change my life and make it beautiful with her smiles.

Will gives us the ability to take an idea hold that idea and zero right in on something

It's evil, Jo. It exists in all forms of life and death.

I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.

I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself

Harrison is genuinely unsure if he still has any fans.

... the strictness of to-day may have at any moment to be purchased by the laxity of to-morrow.

I am faithful up to the point of death. It's the only thing I respect. I never abandon anyone. I'm not talking about sexual relations. I'm faithful in my friendship, my admiration.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.