“I would like to sail across the Atlantic. I would like the experience of being that far away from land.” Quote by Peter Sarsgaard
“I often have a theme in mind when I'm starting. I know that I want everything to be in a world of, say, evolution, or guilt.” KnowsWorldWantMindEvolutionGuiltStartingTheme Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I do a lot of things intuitively. I'm not often consciously aware of what I'm doing. It's like in a dream: There's something going on that's powerful but you don't know exactly why.” KnowsDreamPowerful Author:Charlie Kaufman
“As I'm writing, I start to see connections, and themes I didn't see, and that sparks other things. So then I go back and rewrite things or alter them. It's a combination of intuition and a lot of finessing. It becomes a combination of the rational and the irrational.” WritingConnectionsIntuitionRationalCombinationThemeSparksIrrational Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I think dreams are metaphors. Everything you do in writing is metaphorical. So it seems like the same arena to me.” ThinkingWritingDreamSeemsMetaphorArenaMetaphorical Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I grew up listening to my grandfather's stories of our musical past. He would often talk about the orchestras that played at concerts and the musicians who played on Sunday evenings on street corners. By the time I grew up in the '80s, all of this was a thing of the past. I lived vicariously through his stories and often wondered what it would have felt like to have been part of his generation.” Has BeensStoriesPastFeltGenerationsStreetsListeningGrewGrew UpMusicianMusicalCornersEveningSundayConcertsGrandfather80sOrchestraMy GrandfatherStreet CornersSunday Evening Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“I decided that one day I had to make a film where the viewer couldn't possibly guess the end.” EndsFilmOne DayDecidedViewers Author:Claude Lelouch
“I like for people to figure things out for themselves. It's not like I have the right answer, but if I have a visceral reaction to something, I'm sure that other people will, too.” PeopleIfsAnswersFiguresReactionsVisceralRight Answers Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I try when I'm writing to leave enough "space" for people to have their own interpretation, and not to direct it toward one conclusion. Then the audience would not be reacting, because they are being preached to or lectured at. I don't have that much to say that I think people should listen to me.” PeopleThinkingShouldWritingTryingEnoughSpaceAudienceDirectConclusionInterpretationReactingListen To Me Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I want people to leave the theater with a greater understanding of the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan. "Song of Lahore" moves beyond headlines and stereotypes and shows that a vast majority of Pakistanis are not perpetrators of religious violence - they are victims of it. The beautiful cultural heritage of the region belies its image in the West as monolithically religious, intolerant, and violent.” PeopleWantShowsBeautifulMovingSongUnderstandingReligiousRichGreaterViolenceTheaterVictimMajorityWestViolentRegionsHeritageStereotypePakistanHeadlinesPerpetratorsCultural HeritageLahore Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“By giving our audience intimate access to the lives of musicians, we hope to raise awareness of the region's beautiful cultural heritage and present a more nuanced portrait of its people.” PeopleGivingBeautifulAudienceAwarenessMusicianRaisesAccessIntimateRegionsHeritagePortraitsCultural Heritage Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy