Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.

I don't go out anywhere. I don't go to nightclubs, so meeting somebody in the nightclub is out of question.

There are people who want awards because it changes the perception of the audience. But I'm not into all that.

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.

Have you seen a duck gliding smoothly on water? Does it ever look like it is paddling furiously underneath the surface? I don't have to show that I am working very hard.

If I ever have a child.. Insh'allah I will... I wish it's a girl. I want a girl child.

There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.