Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.

Never take no for answer, and try to make films that turn you on.

Christmas lights may be the loneliest thing for me, especially if you mix them up with reindeers and sleighs. I feel alone. I feel isolated. I feel I do not belong.

My films, no one else will do.

What is really important to me is a sense of humour and a mischief about life. Life is just too boring otherwise.

I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world.

Post 9/11, so much has changed in New York that it does not give you that homely feeling which it did before.