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.

What is divine? It is simply that which man has not been able to understand. Once you do, it loses its divinity.

If there is a very strong love behind you that you can lean against to it, nothing can ever shake you very strongly!

It's fine to feel truer than others.But it's much truer to fix our fault.

Our situation is intolerable, but what's worseis to sit here and do nothing.

By listening to certain words as a child listens to the sea in a seashell, a word dreamer hears the murmur of a world of dreams.

I don't give a damn how you feel about me, I sip lean pure codeine and I don't give a damn what you say about me.

It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost their edge.

I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?

Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.

I'm doing a record that has a story that runs through all of the songs, and then there is also a film that goes along with it.

Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.