It's important not to take anything for granted.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Success is a process... During that journey sometimes there are stones thrown at you, and you convert them into milestones.

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.

I have to learn from Sehwag how to play in the nervous 90's

I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.

Chase your dreams .... but make sure you don't find shortcuts.

I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.

If you don't execute on your plans, then you don't reach anywhere.

It is important to understand that if you do fall, it's important for you to get right back up again.

I am not thinking too far ahead, just want to take it one thing at a time.

My first kiss. A new kind of kiss, like the new kind of music still playing, softly, in the distance - wild and arrhythmic, desperate. Passionate.

Obscenity is whatever gives a judge an erection.

In nicey-nicey land, you must be happy-clappy and positive all the time - bad news is taboo.

As a new artist there are so many new ways to put music out there where you don't necessarily need a label because now labels will have their hands in your pocket and leave you with less control.

Always be consistent.

I went to college as a theater major. But after about three weeks of that, I changed to the school of fine arts as a painter.

My mum died about three years ago at the age of 101, and just towards the end, as she began to run out of energy, she did actually stop trying to tell me what to do most of the time.

The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.

Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.

Ten percent of life is what happens; the other 90 percent is what you do about it.