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" I have readers everywhere: from a radiologist who decides to compliment me on my writing while inserting a probe to check my ovaries to 80-year-olds who send me emails. And, of course, women my age everywhere. "

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" When your name is Twinkle, you are a bookworm, and a fat child, then you have to be ready to be made fun of. As a child, I used my fists a lot, but then the tongue seemed like a better option. So I started using words as a sword to jab fun at myself. "

Twinkle Khanna

Words

Fun

Fat

" 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. "

" Relish being an oddball: Well-behaved, well-adjusted people are hopeless storytellers and, honestly, terribly boring. "

" To me, it felt that if I give up my name, I am also sending a message to my children, saying my name was not important enough as your father's; I am not as important as your father. That is a message we are passing down generation after generation without realising. "

Twinkle Khanna

Saying

Father

" '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. "

" It is only through reading that one can understand how people are smarter than you and what they have left behind for you. "

" 'Barsaat' was a wonderful experience, but it took a long time in the making, and that got very tedious. "

" 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 remember joining a boarding school in the sixth grade. I was lazy, complacent, and fat. Suddenly, I realised that I had to fend for myself. That's when I discovered this drive within myself. For the first time, I ranked first in class, which was a miracle in itself. However, it didn't matter to my family. "

" 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! "

Twinkle Khanna

Need

Clock

" I grew up in a bustling household of women with my mom, granny, and aunts. Seeing all these strong women taking charge of their lives and living it to the fullest was a great inspiration while growing up. "

" 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 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'm constantly working. I am constantly going to the next thing. "

Twinkle Khanna

Going

I Am

" The thing about India is that even if the economic backgrounds are different, the cultural background is the same. Somebody who is working as a tailor will also tie a black thread around his kid's wrist; so will somebody in Bollywood. That's the fun of being Indian. "

" If people see anything I do and the way I live my life, there is no ambiguity about me being a feminist. "

" 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. "

Twinkle Khanna

Remember

Car

" I don't really read non-fiction, but I have grown up on a steady diet of Wodehouse and, of course, science fiction. "

" Once, I went to the premiere of a film, and the producer asked me if I liked it. I said it's crap. But I don't say that anymore. Now I say I have to think about it. If you ever hear me say that, you know the answer! "

" Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak. "

" I learnt how to make candles when I was a kid. My mom used to make them. Then, when I broke my leg once and couldn't really move around, I started playing around with it... putting the scent inside and dried flowers, and that's it. "

" Sometimes I do give in to a scoop of sitaphal ice cream from Naturals or a chocolate chip cookie. "

" I love to eat makhanas, and I always keep a packet in my car. "

" I don't take too many things too seriously. "

" I am living in the world that I always dreamed of. I am still not living in a world where you can teleport matter from one place to another just by atoms. We haven't reached there yet. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'm a different person who's not my father or my mother. I want to be treated differently from them. I am myself, Twinkle Khanna. I am proud of being the daughter of such illustrious parents, but I would not like to be compared with them time and again. "

" I read science fiction every single day of my life. It's my primary love. "