We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.

In a democracy, power is not permanent.

The Sangh Parivar, against which I had been waging a war, misled the people. My opponents used the Election Commission and the bureaucracy to win a political battle.

Why should I tell you where I am going to get funds from? If I were to do that then all the vested interests would get alerted. You must be aware that railways are full of such elements and my fight is against them.

No one can outrun death. It will catch up to all of us eventually.

I just think that gardening is about the future, a slow thing, that is deep and spiritual as well as spiritually rewarding.

The death of your beloved is the hardest time of all.

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.