I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.

Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day.

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists.

I think that will be a lot of fun for audiences to get the same stream of consciousness that was going through my head at the time. It was very exciting to suddenly recall what I was feeling at the time.

Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.

I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.