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

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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. "

" 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. "

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

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" Some people are diplomatic, some people are outspoken, but the next generation is very clear. People are speaking their mind out. People are worried about other things besides their own careers. It's not accurate to say that they don't speak out. "

" 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. "

" The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself. All you are in the pursuit of is collecting experiences - beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles that you store in your heart, and every once in a while you pull one out and gaze at the delicate pictures it shows you. "

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

" I had a multicultural exposure; that's why I don't believe in a particular religion. I have respect for most because I grew up surrounded by so many. I don't judge people by that, and I feel extremely offended when people categorise based on race, religion, or gender. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I start my day with a hot water and lemon routine. I meditate. And I take my problems lightly, like my mother always said: treat them like helium balloons and let them go. I devour a lot of books to feed my mind. "

" I seem to be known as much by the moniker 'Mrs Funnybones' as my own name these days. The book was about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. I am glad that India seems to be looking back at me with a grin. "

" 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. "

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" 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 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. "

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" '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. "

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

" 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. "

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