A biography for Twinkle Khannahasn’t been written yet.
“I was born into the limelight. So, my biggest achievement, which I worked hard for, is to stay normal.”
“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.”
“'Salaam, Noni Appa' tells the beautiful story of the elderly Noni Appa, who finds love in the twilight of her life. The Noni Appa story gives you hope.”
“It is only through reading that one can understand how people are smarter than you and what they have left behind for you.”
“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.”
“Akshay's idea of a romantic date is a six-kilometre jog, followed by 500 crunches... together! Eeeeks!”
“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.”
“My father was very fond of reading. It was something we did at our home. I don't think it fits the way people think Bollywood works, but that's who we are.”
“I think when you wear so many hats, be it of a mom or a working woman, you need to feel good and look good as well.”
“My mother always wants me to put me on a diet.”
“I start my day with a hot water and lemon routine. I meditate. And I take my problems lightly, like my mother always said: treat them like helium balloons and let them go. I devour a lot of books to feed my mind.”
“I don't think I have a sense of fashion. But I do have an aesthetic, which I feel is an offshoot of me working in the design industry. For example, if I am mixing and matching prints on my sofas and cushion covers, I tend to do that with my wardrobe as well.”
“What is feminism? We are just asking for equal opportunities, nothing beyond that. It doesn't mean that you cannot be pretty or you cannot cook or you can't do a whole lot of things. Feminism's got a bad rap; that's it.”
“I don't take too many things too seriously.”
“I never said I'm not a feminist! I wrote one column where I was being sarcastic, and I called myself a 'wombist'. Now which sane person would say that 'wombist' is a better term than feminist? I was being sarcastic, and perhaps it was my fault in not getting the point across as clearly as I would have liked to. I don't think there's any doubt.”
“To me, a life that doesn't change things and touch people's lives is pretty meaningless.”
“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.”
“I like to see the world from different levels. Even when I'm making a candle or designing a piece, I like to sit on the floor to polish or make it from scratch. I haven't seen really tough times, but my husband has come up the hard way. He has even seen poverty.”
“Eat carbohydrates: All these protein diets may help you twirl prettily in a size-2 dress, but if you want your mind to take a few marvelous leaps, then you have to give it the food it needs.”
“I love to eat makhanas, and I always keep a packet in my car.”