The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.

I know who I am, I know what I'm for, and I know what I'm willing to fight for.

If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.

The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to utter their poisonous remarks.

It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish; that to do otherwise is to legitimize it.

I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.

I think people direct good films when they feel personal to them, not because it's a famous book or something. It has to something move over that and somehow become personal to the director.