I kept on trying to use so many media and ideas in my work because our horizon is so vast and Indian culture is so rich that I think what we are today, culturally, we have a unique position and I don't think one lifetime is enough to encompass it.
True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.
It also is true that some ideas naturally work themselves out over a longer period of time than a single human life can encompass.
It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
A sociopath is just a label and doesn't encompass the entire being of a person.
Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.
My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.
In the mind, we doubt and suspect, and we get a kind of pleasure, a kind of joy from that. But in the heart, we try to encompass the full world, and by loving the world, we get joy.
I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass.
We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.