I tell a story, and therefore I exist.

Fall in love so madly that every leaf whispers words of love to your lover. Every raindrop explodes with only one word as it hits the Earth.

A story is the relationship that you develop between who you are, or who you potentially are, and the infinite world.

Cosmetic companies are trying to turn India into a nation of Albinos. No dark area on any part of the body. Except maybe our hearts. Got a cream for that?

Why should the simple fact of your having more money entitle you to a greater share of the Earth's limited natural resources?

Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind.

I am far more comfortable with failure than I ever will be with success.

In India, the corrupt accuse the corrupt of being corrupt and the corrupt investigate the corrupt and absolve the corrupt of being corrupt.

Lessons of Life: When you stop yearning, When you stop aspiring. You stop living.

True love can exist only in freedom from possession.

If time has no beginning and no end, everything is happening, will happen, has happened, at the same moment. All eternity in a single moment.

Certain girls deserve lots of flowers. You are one of them.

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

Whenever I date a guy, I think, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'

All you have to do is ask yourselves, who controls the government? And who are the victims of that control?

Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.

My dream appliance circa 2050 has one big dial on it, and when I twist it to the right, my IQ goes up to 450.

How does one practice mindfulness? Sit in meditation. Be aware of only your breath.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.

I make decisions to do movies based on the cast. I'd just been working with Zach Galifianakis on 'The Hangover', and I was thinking, I've got to find something to do with this guy immediately.