Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.
Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.
It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.
Humility is not a trait I often associate with America.
Post 9/11, so much has changed in New York that it does not give you that homely feeling which it did before.
I've loved 'Vanity Fair' since I was 16 years old. You know, we're all colonial hangovers in India, steeped in English literature. It is one of these novels that I read under the covers at my convent boarding school in Simla.