Ravi Subramanian Quotes
I'm probably one of the few authors in this country who could very comfortably live off my writing.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.
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I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I love people, and the hustle.
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I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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I long for a South African society that's free of ideological forces - no society can ever really be free of ideological forces - but I wish it was free of power.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'
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Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references.
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A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people who take part. There are decent people in there who have no alternatives.
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The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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I get recognized all the time, but not as Haley Bennett.
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Visual-effects shots should flow into the rest of the live action, and you shouldn't be able to see a difference.
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Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.
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I've had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I'm disdainful of blind authority.
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Now, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm a great musicologist, but I'm a lot better than what I was described as for a long, long time; you know, people said I only knew three chords when I knew five.
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I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs.
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I'm probably one of the few authors in this country who could very comfortably live off my writing.
