Within infinite myths lies the Eternal Truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred And I, only two

If you don't have imagination, you stop being human; animals don't have imagination; Alzheimer's is the death of imagination.

Refusal to accept the flow of the world is the root of all misery.

There is no such thing as an objective interpretation.

Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.

Neither death nor wisdom has a full stop. There are only commas-no destinations, only waiting rooms.

Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.

In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India.

I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.

The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could ‘most talent’ be determined? So Indian society settled on age.

Then be human. Let go and move on. They who hurt you cannot expand their mind. But surely you can.

Earth's crammed with heaven...But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.

The choices she's made have left her without choice.

The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He never tries anything new. He is a brake on the wheels of progress.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation and not by calendars and each moment is a day.

No baby shall at any time be quartered in a house where there are no soft laps, no laughter, or no love.

Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly.

A ton of regret never makes an ounce of difference.

There is a certain expectation of girls to eventually grow up and behave and fall in line. I've always bucked against that.

I encourage first time filmmakers to be ambitious and take chances and risks, because you never know where your career is going to go.

Those who do not love me do not deserve to live.