Quotes About Adaptation

I've inherited a sense of that loss from my parents because it was so palpable all the time while I was growing up, the sense of what my parents had sacrificed in moving to the United States, and yet at the same time, building a life here and all that that entailed.

When I am in India, I feel pampered. However, when I am In Georgia, I am on my own, as I have to cook and do things all by myself. However, that gives me an independent feeling.

That's the beauty of creative industry that when one thing does not pan out, you have other things to do.

The future has never been something that I've been able to plan. Every time I try - I don't care if it's three or four days ahead or a week ahead - it just doesn't pan out.

The pandemic has affected every single field and part of life globally including the entertainment field.

From the 'get go', we were working within the limitations of the pandemic. The idea was to work around the situation, and that led us to 'Joji.'

My debut project was during a pandemic, so I was in the house and never got to see the people who listened.

We feel like we experienced probably two to three years of growth in 18 months. You couldn't probably responsibly plan for a pandemic or the amount of capacity that's needed.

I got the idea for my novel 'Lord of Light' when I cut myself shaving just before I was to go on a panel at a convention. I had to go out there with this big gash in my face. I remember that I thought, 'I wish I could change bodies.'

I always panic on the first day of work. You can do all the Stanislavsky-backstory homework, but when that moment arrives and you are in the clothes, hair, and makeup of somebody else, and you're saying the words created by somebody else - I never know how to do it. It's a complete mystery to me.

Being on 'The Following' is constantly flying by the seat of my pants. The story can change and the character can change at a moment's notice.

Whenever I work with people who are nonclassical artists, I kind of get a kick in the pants. I think, 'How can I apply what I do to their music?'

Most of the places I came from, you gotta do a lot of gunslinging or coaching by the seat of your pants.

It's just nice to see something from paper come to life on the screen.

Anything on paper is obsolete!

I hate that not everything ever written is on iBooks. Man, I hate paper.

Wikipedians believe (and I do, too) that bits, being abstract, will outlast paper.

At a club like City, there are things in the papers and talk all the time. Ever since I've been a footballer, I have coped with that.

The world for our law enforcement community has changed dramatically: everything from filling out paperwork to relationships with the community and how they think the narrative is in the media.

Reshoots are par for the course on any film. For me, I kind of love it because, as an actor, you always feel that there was a way you could have done it differently. Being able to go back and do some stuff again is always a blessing in my eyes.

I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par.

Check the card before you play. If you have a couple of long par 3s, put an extra hybrid in your bag. You'll be glad you did.

You know what's funny, I really hate Par 3's. I feel like you have to be perfect from jumpstreet. But on Par 5's, you can mess up a little bit, but you still have time to adjust before you get to the hole and still end up with a birdie or a par.

Often, M.B.A.s will parachute around from one company or industry to another, without really understanding what's behind it.