“The love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult.”

Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.

The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.

Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.

I get inspiration from my everyday life.

In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.

Cut off a wolf’s head and it still has the power to bite.

What you mean by ‘peace’ is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.

To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.

I would like to make a film to tell children “it’s good to be alive”.

We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.

No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.

I don’t intentionally make deep movies.

It is important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.

That goes against what I believe morally. That’s adultery, and if I’m accused of that, no, that’s not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn’t happen, and it’s not to be reported that way.

I have an only child. She’s so independent and good with adults.

I’m sad for adults who want to be children. And children who want to be adults.

I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I’ll always sign for a kid before an adult.

To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They’ve got their heads screwed on a lot better.

Breaking things as a child seemed so easy, than fixing broken things as a adult.

More than an adult comedy, ‘Great Grand Masti’ is a naughty horror comedy, more on the lines of ‘Masti.’

I really always wanted to be an adult. I didn’t really like being an adolescent at all.