“I like characters who are larger-than-life, whether life-loving women ...” — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Quote

“I like characters who are larger-than-life, whether life-loving women or the artist or guru who grabs everything. But I don't live among people like that.”

“I am a central European with an English education and a deplorable tendency to constant self-analysis. I am irritable and have weak nerves.”

“It's technically extremely difficult to get down what you really mean, not what you think you mean, or what you think sounds good, but what's really there, what you really have to express, in words that somehow convey that meaning in an approximate way.”

“I'm a beauty guru, I just love all of that stuff. We have a makeup artist for 'Dance Moms' that touches us up and stuff, but I love doing my own makeup; sometimes I do my friends', too. My favorite is doing eye shadow and eyeliner.”

“My mom, Latha Sriram, is my first guru.”

“Guru died tragically and there were so many rumors about how he went out. I got to see him in the hospital right before he passed, and one of the last things I said to him before I walked out of the room was that I was going to make sure that his family was straight.”