-- Richard Gere speaking on the AIDS situation in India

"I am not looking at an art gallery. I would like to do something more meaningful. I am not interested in anything mediocre."

-- Tina Munim Ambani

"How can you have a rock show and Independence Day together? It's like cutting a Christmas cake on Diwali"

-- Pramod Navalkar

"Chicken is yummy, no doubt. But a frugal meal suits me fine."

-- Uddhav Thackeray

"I am more or less a single parent... My husband is never there."

-- Soni Razdan Bhatt

"In recent years, I have almost stopped singing for films as the lyrics are utterly filthy. It's just not music."

-- Lata Mangeshkar

"I'm a self-employed retailer and I'm my own capital. That's how I see my economics -- sole proprietorship, retail outlet and the capital investment is me. I do all my deals myself."

-- Shah Rukh Khan

On thepreparatory camps being held for the Asian Games -- "It made us realise how unfit we billiards and snookers players are."

-- Geet Sethi

"In India someone who is single is viewed as abnormal, on-the-shelf or a potential threat to a marriage."

-- Nina Pillai

"Lalya (the main accused) offered me Rs 2 lakh for dropping the charges. He accosted me at the Crime Branch office... and he made the offer in public."

-- Naseer Ali alias Mushkil Kushah Shafi Rehman Sabzi (27), Bhiwandi kidney victim.