When we are growing up, we all have our dreams - and for me, I idolised the men of the Indian army, navy, air force.

Critics can get you critical acclaim - nothing more than that. Success or failure depends on the public.

When I started my career as an actor, I had no guidance from anyone.

You see, I believe a producer's job today is as important as that of a director.

Donna Summer was one of the strongest female singers in pop music. She was very underrated as a vocalist and a writer, and her songbook is just outrageous.

You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything she does is golden. In my view a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.

Every once in a while, we can touch somebody's life in a way just by writing a melody or writing some music, which is always really special.