I’m just mad for San Francisco. It is like London and Paris stacked on top of each other.

The sixties were a time when ordinary people could do extraordinary things . . . !

At sixteen, I was a funny, skinny little thing, all eyelashes and legs. And then, suddenly people told me it was gorgeous. I thought they had gone mad.

There's no need to dress like everyone else. It's much more fun to create your own look.

I've always loved life, and I've never known what's ahead. I love not knowing what might be round the corner. I love serendipity.

Confusion is the best form of communication. It's left to be unexplained.

I want to continue to try and break the barrier between male and female.

Always be natural. Putting on airs will make a giggle out of you. Be yourself and if you don't know something say so.

I used to be a thing; I'm a person now.

Being a grown-up woman doesn't mean you can't look beautiful, individual and different.

You can't be a clothes hanger for your entire life.

I may be lost, but I'm traveling the right way.

People say to write about what you know. I'm here to tell you, no one wants to read that, cos you don't know anything. So write about something you don't know. And don't be scared, ever.

...I'm just beginning to understand how kind you are.

Mythology does not interest me. Nor does history. But the possible overlap between history and mythology excites me immensely.

Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a family.

I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.

Faith is taking a step in the same direction that the evidence is pointing.

Electoral reforms are necessary if India has to be rid of black money.

I like things that don't look like you're in control. It's like life itself. You just learn how to benefit from accidents and chances that you take.

Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.