When grave allegations of corruption and criminal charges were leveled against me, BJP leaders chose to take it lightly.
We've just got to be careful - with all sports, let alone cricket - I think there's so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport.
Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars, you've probably become uncool.
Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.
I don't do much to keep in trim - I try to walk places instead of driving whenever I can, but I really ought to do more.
If you ask me what's harder, being famous or flying to space, I'd say fame is much harder.
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
It's lovely to be told you're wonderful by someone when you're used to being told how awful you are.
I'm not knocking the poor homosexual, I'm not. They need salvation just like anybody else.