Quotes About Perspective

I think there is sort of a disconnect in this country between people that served in the military, understand the culture of it and what it is, and the people who only know what they see on the news and read - and they don't really get a feel for the culture.

A lot of my inspiration is what straight-size women wear - why is there a disconnect from what they wear and what we can wear?

Compared with games, reality is disconnected.

I know when I get down and discouraged, it's hard for me to be able to just see anything except for right where I am.

Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.

I think all literature should be read as comparative literature. And I think we should write out of what we know, but in the expectation that we can be changed at any moment by something we have yet to discover.

I didn't really discover 'Risky Business' until later in life because I was so young when it came out.

I have discovered that for me - now, maybe it doesn't work for everybody - for me, it is much more effective to arrive at any situation as a man from Mars than to try to fit in.

I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

The experience of reading is very interesting because you put yourself in the character's shoes and everything they're discovering, you marry the experience.

I was a very happy kid. I didn't get new bikes very often. We ate a lot of chicken legs for dinner. But I never felt in want of anything. I wasn't cognizant until much later of the discrepancy between what we had and what other people had.

I don't personally feel like I've dealt with any sort of discrimination or sexism. I'm not doubting that there might have been that going on and I just didn't read it that way.

You can't discuss everything with a male director.

We can have our beliefs and still read and discuss things.

I don't think I have tried to give any message through 'Mulk.' But I have put certain things on the table which are usually discussed in the living rooms, not in our cinema.

When you discuss racism, it's almost a no-win scenario - but I don't think that means we shouldn't be discussing it.

We often run the risk, when discussing women empowerment, to think that this is about women talking about women with other women, but this is not the point.

Classroom discussion is where you learn how to debate an idea and stick with an opinion, even when others don't agree - and not take it personally, either.

I'm happy Lootera has sparked off a discussion.

A lot of people have had good discussions about what it means to be American, and we need to broaden our definition.

I think it's quite easy to get caught up in the discussions about a show that people are having. But you have to tell the story you were going to tell.

I don't check for Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly or any of these demons on the Right. They don't wake me up in the morning. I don't care about them, and they certainly don't drive the conversations I'm thinking about, but they do have an audience, and they do lie all day, every day about disenfranchised people.

I know writers, and they seem to be the most disgruntled part of the art world.

When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise.