“In a film we have limited time and space to say what we have to, hence...” — Kanika Dhillon Quote

In a film we have limited time and space to say what we have to, hence the visual language and brevity needs to be paramount. In a novel, however, we can dissect each thought and emotion and build on it.

We are living in a world where image is important and we feel the need to confirm to a standard of what beauty is and how beauty should look like. We look at the billboard, and feel something is lacking in us.

I was 17 when I wrote a collection of short stories and wanted it published but it didn't happen. A lot of publishing houses don't allow young authors to enter into writing segments.

The reason I choose not to speak about my husband is because the press is prone to erase the individual identities of women who work in the industry. I don't want that to happen to me.

I am jewelry and objects together. This is the Elsa Peretti name to me. It is a very good balance for me to try and create with the person in mind or with the space in mind - to imagine a bowl of fruit or something for water. It is a little bit yin and yang.

I've worked on a lot of bipartisan issues - in the AI space, on pensions, on, frankly, the things that people care about back home.

When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice.