“The base of artistic pursuit is ambivalence and complexity. And that's what I try to do.” Quote by Fernando Perez
“What is happiness to me is not necessarily for you. Someone once said, there are three truths: your truth, my truth and the truth. And I think that's true.” ThinkingSaidThreeWhat Is HappinessMy Truth Author:Fernando Perez
“It's often pointed out that in Cuban cinema there are too many comedies, but a sense of humor is so much part of the Cuban idiosyncrasy. Curiously, the films that have been censored the most have been humorous.” Has BeensFilmComedyHumorousCinemaSense Of HumorCubanCensoredIdiosyncrasies Author:Fernando Perez
“Cubans joke and satirize everything that life gives them, and I think that's a positive characteristic.” ThinkingGivingJokesCharacteristicsCuban Author:Fernando Perez
“When you live in the country or the state it's important to remember that you must be objective. Personal feelings must be put aside - you are there to document and tell the story and come back safely.” ImportantCountryFeelingsRemember Author:Stanley Greene
“I think precision in writing goes hand in hand with not trying to say everything. You try and say two-thirds, so the reader will involve himself or herself.” ThinkingWritingTryingTwoHandsReaderThirdsHand In HandPrecision Author:Michael Ondaatje
“There always should be something hanging unfinished before a scene ends so that there's a reason for going to the next scene.” ShouldEndsReasonNextSceneUnfinished Author:Michael Ondaatje
“I want the marginality to come into the center. This is the thing I was conscious of growing up, when I later lived in England. I saw all these war movies that came out shortly after the war, and they were all about the war being fought by Englishmen or Americans, there were no other "allies" in it - from India or Australia, etc.” WantWarGrowing UpSawsGrowingConsciousIndiaEnglandEtcAustraliaAlliesEnglishmenWar Movie Author:Michael Ondaatje
“Politically I also don't believe anymore that we can only have one voice to a story, it's like having one radio station to represent a country. You want the politics of any complicated situation to be complicated in a book of fiction or nonfiction.” WantBelieveBookCountryStoriesVoiceFictionSituationDon't BelieveRadioComplicatedStationsNonfictionRadio Stations Author:Michael Ondaatje
“When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story is sort of discovered as I write it.” WritingWholeStoriesNovelPlansHugeArchitecturePlot Author:Michael Ondaatje
“That's one of the great sadnesses of any life - knowing what you know now and then remembering what you did not know then.” KnowsRememberKnowingSadnessNow And Then Author:Michael Ondaatje