God is all over the place. And even if He isn't, if it makes me feel good, why not?

One good thing about television is that you have a lot of people with money who have real good cameras going around to all these countries. You haven't been there? Great. Turn on The History Channel or The Discovery Channel. So, we're lucky in that way.

The way I paint is similar to rock in that you don't stand around and say, 'Gee, what are they talking about?' Rock is simple, blunt, colorful. Same with my paintings. You don't stand back and wonder what it is. That's Jim Morrison, that's a panda, that's a scene on the West Coast. It's not abstract.

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

The minute I went into business, I was a success, and I've done well ever since.

Success has taken its own sweet time to reach me.

If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.

There's no formula for success in Bollywood, whether you are sharing screen space or getting the ultimate launch.