Unsuitable Boy

by Karan Johar

I always tell people not to make the mistake of having one child. It is just not fair.

Being an only child you kind of develop that quality; you start caring about other people’s lives a lot because you don’t have a sense of extended family.

Now that I think about it, subconsciously or psychologically, my only friend was food. I had a relationship with food that helped me tide over all the other issues I had in my head. I needed to eat for comfort and solace.

always lived above my standards (and that continues till today) because I was the only child.

Today, when I look back, I think I set a certain precedent for things to come. I brought the director out of the closet, pun not intended.

think arrogance isolates you. When you blend in, you’re a part of the scheme of things, which is what I wanted to be.

then realized that a father not only gives his son his name, he also gives him his personality. So somewhere, if you have a problem with your father, you actually have a problem with yourself.

I always say that when you get a marriage right, the loss of a spouse can be much worse than the loss of a parent. You get over the death of a parent, but you cannot get the death of a spouse out of your life.

The ones who work on their instinct through meditation or inner peace are actually the most evolved souls in this world.

It’s an Indian thing I think, of not sitting across and sorting a problem out.

I’m so busy protecting my core, and I’m so aware. Awareness is a disease.

Nothing fails like success sometimes. So at the end of the day, expectations increase and living up to them is so stressful. Failure can be a beautiful place because there’s a way up then.