“My mom has given me my sense of style. She has taught me how individual style is so beautiful, what you appreciate on someone else might not be good for you. For her, style is all about being comfortable, and she has an innate sense of sophisticated style.”

My work is always very geometric.

My engineer dad is where my technical acumen comes from. I remember him taking me to the factories to see how what works.

I like architectural shapes. You can’t put any shape on any body, except on the runway. In reality, it has to look and feel flattering.

I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me how to use it when I was 12 years old. I used to find it so intriguing, how a flat piece of material could be made into an object that had so many uses.

Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things.

I hope to grow another head and two more hands, like an Indian goddess.

If you read the biography of any great man, you will always notice two things: His mother’s contribution in his progress and his teacher’s contribution in his growth and development.

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.

I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.

Secularism is not only in our constitution but also in our veins. We worship Mother Nature too. We believe that the world is our family.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

My mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I’ve got that from her, I know she’s a fighter.

Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.

My mother groaned, my father wept,i nto the dangerous world I leapt.