There's a Harvard Business School thing that says, 'Every 10 years you should replant yourself,' and the only way to keep young is to learn new things and keep curious.

The single most important thing you can do in business is to be yourself.

If you don't wake up with something in your stomach every day that makes you think, "I want to make this movie," it'll never get made.

My advice to everybody - never give up and have great resiliency. Don't take the rejection personally, but listen if it’s intelligent and make changes if they’re needed and then move forward.

Listen, be respectful of others' opinions, be willing to change your mind - and then ultimately you have to make the decision. Decisiveness is very important.

When you rule in a culture of fear, you're not getting the best out of people.

I felt, if I never did anything in my life but read scripts and synopsize them, I would be happy.

My mother, because of her life, had almost a contradictory way of viewing life. She had this great zest and joy for life and I think that I have that. The glass is always half full for me.

To me, education is the way out of poverty. And it is the only way.

If you don't wake up with something in your stomach every day that makes you think "I want to make this movie " it'll never get made.

Smile, just because you're alive and enjoying the magic of life.

I don't understand how the pain of losing him can be a pale shadow in comparison to the pain of finding him again.

It’s as predictable as the tide and the moon. It ebbs and flows. Death comes and it goes.

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Dont trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.

'Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two words I've never liked. I think they imply some sort of decay. A settling.

A disciplined mind brings happiness.

You have the right to speak your mind.

I feel that my dreamscapes are part of my everyday life, and sometimes I can't tell the difference.

Man as Atman is really free; as man he is bound, changed by every physical condition.