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My mother always wants me to put me on a diet.
Do people think women from Bollywood aren't smart?
We grow up, and we need to confront a society to be fit in.
Was it my lifelong ambition to be in the movie business? No.
I love to eat makhanas, and I always keep a packet in my car.
I'm constantly working. I am constantly going to the next thing.
I read science fiction every single day of my life. It's my primary love.
Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak.
To me, a life that doesn't change things and touch people's lives is pretty meaningless.
I'm not really as cool and collected as 'Mrs. Funnybones', but she is the woman I want to be.
My granny was always mourning about the fact I wear dull, stained jeans or don't brush my hair.
No one has ever told me that I act badly. It is just that most of the films I did didn't click.
Sometimes I do give in to a scoop of sitaphal ice cream from Naturals or a chocolate chip cookie.
I was born into the limelight. So, my biggest achievement, which I worked hard for, is to stay normal.
Akshay's idea of a romantic date is a six-kilometre jog, followed by 500 crunches... together! Eeeeks!
Today, it's about gender equality, not neutrality. Anyone who doesn't agree would be a bit of an idiot.
'Barsaat' was a wonderful experience, but it took a long time in the making, and that got very tedious.
If people see anything I do and the way I live my life, there is no ambiguity about me being a feminist.
I am a bad actress. I know I am. I am realistic. I can't even lie properly; how can you expect me to act?
My frankness has got me into a lot of trouble. I try to temper it down now. As you get older, you get wiser.
After sitting for two to three hours at a stretch, my feet just swell up. So I try to walk as much as I can.
Ultimately, there is no definition for smartness. It's just the ability to do what you want to do really well.
A wise woman keeps her hands firmly in her pockets and does not accidentally unzip anything, including her mouth.
I don't really read non-fiction, but I have grown up on a steady diet of Wodehouse and, of course, science fiction.
I think when you wear so many hats, be it of a mom or a working woman, you need to feel good and look good as well.
Relish being an oddball: Well-behaved, well-adjusted people are hopeless storytellers and, honestly, terribly boring.
I don't need an alarm clock to wake up in the morning. Akshay snores so loudly that I'm usually awake the entire night!
It is only through reading that one can understand how people are smarter than you and what they have left behind for you.
I have never had a facial in my life. I use a facewash, a sunblock, and then I am set, with some kohl pencil around my eyes.
I have always been immersed in a world filled with words, earlier as a reader and now, finally, as both a reader and a writer.
I'm not romantic; I'm very practical. There are lots of fish in the sea; so whoever gets struck with your rod, one is as good as another.
Scripts didn't exist during my time in Bollywood, or, at least, I was never given one. I don't want to act at all and am happy in my cave.
My fashion cues come from my work, not the ramps of the world. I just keep working with so much colour, texture and structure, it rubs off!
I just wanted to say that there is so much goodness in the world. We keep looking at the terrible and diabolical things when we open newspapers.
You won't believe it, but my grandfather named me. And the choices were between Sparkle, Sprinkle and Twinkle. So, thank God, they chose Twinkle.
While growing u,p I was the fattest girl in the class, and my name was Twinkle, so if I didn't learn to laugh at myself, then I was going nowhere.
There was never a game plan to be on social media. Like most things in life, if you work consistently and at your pace, then things fall into place.
The editor of a newspaper, who is an old friend, asked me to write a column. According to her, I cracked lame jokes all the time and read voraciously.
'Salaam, Noni Appa' tells the beautiful story of the elderly Noni Appa, who finds love in the twilight of her life. The Noni Appa story gives you hope.
The gratifying part of my journey is no one calls me a star child or a superstar's wife anymore. I think I have grown beyond that and have my own identity.
My father was very fond of reading. It was something we did at our home. I don't think it fits the way people think Bollywood works, but that's who we are.
I am not a gym person, so I do walk a lot. I find gym is incredibly boring. Other thing I do is to devour books because I feel we need to feed our mind as well.
Sometimes it is okay to have some chocolates and ice-creams. We all have those days sitting in front of the TV and have those. But you have to have the balance.
I like crisp words like 'blimey', 'yikes', 'crap' which describe consternation, embarrassment, and sometimes wonderment without making me type so many alphabets.
I think every woman should have the skills and confidence to be able to earn a living. A working woman is happy because she has goals beyond herself and her needs.
I still remember, when I got my fees for 'Barsaat,' I ran into a car showroom and purchased a Maruti Esteem. I treasure that car more than anything else in the world.
I am into the candle business, have a home store, The White Window, and interior designing is my primary occupation, though writing now seems to have become better known.
My husband has always been my biggest supporter, and my mother has finally joined the cheerleading team now that her friends have been telling her that they like my work as well.
I think you have to be pragmatic to the approach of life and brutally honest with yourself. We all are here to do something, and it is important to understand our potential first.
I live my life in a very peculiar way where nothing gets my goat as such. I don't look at things in a manner where they offend me. I look at things in a manner where they amuse me.