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" Walk, run, cycle - When you live inside your head for such long periods of time, you have to open the windows, air it out a bit, let sunlight stream into all the dark and dusty corners of your mind. "

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" Chiki Sarkar edited 'Mrs Funnybones,' and she is a ruthless but kind editor to work with. The only lesson I learnt during this process was to say, 'Yes, Prime Minister,' and re-write. "

Twinkle Khanna

She

Say

Lesson

" 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. "

" I pretend that I was never in the movies. The only job I had before was selling prawns door to door. That's what I tell myself. My kids have never seen my films. I'm too embarrassed to show them. "

" I am not a performing seal. In your writing, you are tapping into the part that is 'the best' in you. But what you are also filters through in your writing your prejudices, your bitterness. I am not a pretentious person. "

" 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've had my nose in a book my whole life. I never thought it would be useful, but it is now. What's really nice is that I don't have a photographic memory, so words get blurred, thoughts get mixed up, and they come out as something new. "

" No one has ever told me that I act badly. It is just that most of the films I did didn't click. "

Twinkle Khanna

Did

Most

" Ultimately, there is no definition for smartness. It's just the ability to do what you want to do really well. "

" Was it my lifelong ambition to be in the movie business? No. "

" My husband and my son are both such positive-thinking optimists. Together, they've succeeded in making me a bit like them. I am looking at the brighter side of life and enjoying this phase of my life the most. "

Twinkle Khanna

Life

Son

" I think till I reached my mid-30s, I just rebelled and rebelled. But eventually, the one thing I did pick up from mom was paying attention to my hair. We all put eggs, oil, dahi, even beer in our hair. "

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

" A wise woman keeps her hands firmly in her pockets and does not accidentally unzip anything, including her mouth. "

" I don't think I have a sense of fashion. But I do have an aesthetic, which I feel is an offshoot of me working in the design industry. For example, if I am mixing and matching prints on my sofas and cushion covers, I tend to do that with my wardrobe as well. "

Twinkle Khanna

Think

I Am

" 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 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 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 was doing some research on menstruation for a column. I read about Arunachalam Muruganantham's life and work, and his story gripped me, and that is when I sat down, wrote the first few pages, and sent them off to my editor to have a look. "

" I just became less rebellious with clothes, and today, I can slip into appropriate attire according to what the occasion requires, but off the red carpet, I am not that particular about what I wear, and comfort is my main priority. "

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes kids want a hamburger, but I'll fill it up with a quinoa tikki. We eat makhana instead of popcorn; we even take it to the movie theater! I also mash up a lot of vegetables and put it in the aata, so they don't realise they are eating vegetables. "

" My mother always wants me to put me on a diet. "

" 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 would have liked to be Birbal in Akbar's court, but a court jester also suits me just fine. "

" I like to see the world from different levels. Even when I'm making a candle or designing a piece, I like to sit on the floor to polish or make it from scratch. I haven't seen really tough times, but my husband has come up the hard way. He has even seen poverty. "

" 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. "

" My granny was always mourning about the fact I wear dull, stained jeans or don't brush my hair. "

" '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. "

" 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. "