The extraordinary thing about India is that it's such a family place. It's full of families everywhere.

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

There's lots of things that can be solved with cash.

I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but it is the most romantic thing I've ever seen.

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us.

Selfish people try to keep or get things but they loose people

If people don't want you to question something, that probably means you should question it.

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman. But an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any force.

Do not fret over the ignorant person; surely they have not had the opportunities which illuminated your path.

Not everyone gets a happily every after. Life is real and sometimes it's ugly and you just have to learn how to cope.

Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator.

It is almost a sadness to my soul that men should be astonished and surprised at an ordinary, tangible evidence of the power of God.

Happiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego's likes and dislikes.

The highest form of success comes to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil, and who, out of these, wins the splendid ultimate triumph.