Mythology works... because Indians have been bred on myths.

Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.

Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.

Though it is very easy to do valuations, eyeballs and brand prominence surveys, you should never allow any of them to influence the balance sheet.

We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers.

Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you in motion but gets you nowhere

I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.

In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits.

The Divine is simply that which science has not yet explained. In effect, God = Infinity - Human Knowledge.

But the goal of the arts, culinary or otherwise, is not to increase our comfort. That is the goal of an easy chair.

My nerves will come when I have to take off my top.

I went in and said, "If I see one more gratuitous shot of a woman's body, I'm quitting . . . " I think the show should be emotional story lines, morals, real- life heroes. And that's what we're doing

These are the days when birds come back, a very few, a Bird or two, to take a backward look.

When I shoot I'll take my family with me - one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home.

Jesus said Communion first, community comes out of that, and out of community, ministry.

dealing with a counter clerk at the phone company who had all the customer service skills of a homicidal sociopath on work release.

When I'm onstage I just want to feel as comfortable as I possibly can.

The life of labor does not make men, but drudges.

I want Virgin to be as well-known around the world as Coca-Cola.