In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.

Yeah, you know, I’m always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we used to have. I don’t play cassettes much anymore, but I play records all the time.

When Rakesh Roshan called me for ‘Khoon Bhari Maang,’ it was supposed to be a six month shoot, but I ended up staying for four years doing 12 films.

When you are a filmmaker, you need to be rooted, because committing yourself to producing or directing a film is a good three-year process.

I’m not a person that sets a long-term goal. My goals are on an everyday basis.

It’s a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it’s much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits.

Running the company for the shareholders often reduces its long-term growth potential.

The long-simmering anger at racism and economic injustice of alienated black youth in the ghettoes [always erupts] into violent and destructive urban insurrections. In every case these “riots” were triggered by police brutality or misconduct, most usually the killing or brutalizing of an unarmed black man.

I just like The Little Mermaid cartoon. Say what you want. I have a fish tank, it’s a long story. I have a fascination with the ocean, and you put a hot chick in there, it just adds more to it! I liked The Little Mermaid. It’s a cool movie. It’s one of those I watch over and over again.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.