Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day. – Roland Joffe
Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists. – Roland Joffe
I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know. – Roland Joffe
Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family. – Roland Joffe
Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our childrens right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future. – Michael Morpurgo