Aamir once went behind a rock to cry because his director didn’t listen to what he was saying. – Twinkle Khanna
‘Barsaat’ was a wonderful experience, but it took a long time in the making, and that got very tedious. – Twinkle Khanna
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
By the time I was in my teens, I was reading science fiction. I had this maternal uncle who had cartons of books. It’s important to read because you have to fill your head with words. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
‘Mrs Funnybones’ is based and structured around my columns, and it’s about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. Since I have a weakness for illustrations, there are also a few funny illustrations in there as well. – Twinkle Khanna
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
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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
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! – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
Standing in front of our hallway mirror, I am practising a few poses – one leg artfully bent, the opposite shoulder up – when the man of the house strides in and decides to share: a) I look like I have dislocated my shoulder and b) Has anyone ever told me I strongly resemble Tom Cruise? – Twinkle Khanna
It is only through reading that one can understand how people are smarter than you and what they have left behind for you. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
My frankness has got me into a lot of trouble. I try to temper it down now. As you get older, you get wiser. – Twinkle Khanna
I like crisp words like ‘blimey’, ‘yikes’, ‘crap’ which describe consternation, embarrassment, and sometimes wonderment without making me type so many alphabets. – Twinkle Khanna
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. – Twinkle Khanna
I’m not really as cool and collected as ‘Mrs. Funnybones’, but she is the woman I want to be. – Twinkle Khanna
