When excellence comes in at the door, failure flies out the window.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

You don't have to be the most educated or the most experienced to start the journey, but the most willing to out-learn and out-work everyone around you.

Memories come back, pressing in on you, like ghost faces in the darkness pushing up the glass, trying to get into the lit room.

My strength is with actors. I think I'm good at working with them to get the best performances, at seeing what it is that they have and that the story needs.

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.

As great as technology is, it still has it's limitations, because it's only a frame of the truth

'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.

Ignore the people who advice you patience! There is no time for patience! Those who are patient for many years about anything are mad!

I refuse to be typecast, and I'll have a go at anything so long as it's different, challenging, hard work and demands great versatility.

When you're dealing with subjective matters, there's no wrong or right answer, it's just, "What do we think is best for the show?"