"There are certain things that I would like to make very clear at the very outset.

Don’t get carried away by my name – Javed Akhtar.

I am not revealing a secret, I am saying something that I have said many times, in writing or on TV, in public.

I am an atheist, I have no religious beliefs.

And obviously I don’t believe in spirituality of some kind."

-- Javed Akhtar