I prefer to see myself as the Janus, the two-faced god who is half Pollyanna and half Cassandra, warning of the future and perhaps living too much in the past - a combination of both.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty...But I am too busy thinking about myself.

What we think about others is what others think about US!

If Levi were a dog, he'd be a golden retriever. If he were a game, he'd be a Ping-Pong, incessant and bouncing and light.

Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and clothing for the masses.

If you're still watching, write in and we'll send you a fiver each.

I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.

The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.

I still need to go through the process of proving myself.

'Brand India' is built of 5 Ts - talent, tradition, tourism, trade and technology.

Being hungover is like winning the lottery, only they pay you in regret.