I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.

The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.

That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others

Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.

Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.

The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.

One day when I was praying, it suddenly occurred to me thatI was talking to myself.

People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.

Makes of men date, like makes of car.

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.

Maybe we're grass—our roots so interdependent that no one is dead as long as someone is still alive.

I'm sure some people have an absolute grasp of where they are in their careers. I just don't think about it that much.

You think about taking audiences on a journey.