I Have Never Really Been Confident About

If Slumdog Millionaire Projects India As A Third World, Dirty-underbelly, Developing Nation And Causes Pain And Disgust Among Nationalists And Patriots, Let It Be Known That A Murky Underbelly Exists And Thrives Even In The Most Developed Nations. It's Just That The Slumdog Millionaire Idea Authored By An Indian And Conceived And Cinematically Put Together By A Westerner, Gets Creative Golden Globe Recognition. The Other Would Perhaps Not.

Everyone Must Accept That We Will Age And Age Is Not Always Flattering.

The Amount Of Things I Have Been Through And The Remarkable Ways In Which The Body Has Reacted Is Just Phenomenal. No Wonder I Became Religious, Because You Don't Know Why Something's Happening To You And You Don't Know How You Bounced Back.

The Indian Team Does Not Need Any Best Wishes - They Are Going To Win Anyway. I Have Been Close To Sourav Ganguly, And I Hope He Does Well In The World Cup.

We Had Forgotten The Art Of Using Silence To Convey Emotions In Our Films And That's What You Seem To Have Mastered. You've Used Silence To Great Advantage In The Film. It's Brilliant.