Quotes About Perspective

I'm conservative on some issues. I'm progressive on most.

My dad was Republican his whole life until he turned 65 and became like a born-again Democrat. And now he's a progressive, fire-breathing Democrat, and the evolution makes us all laugh.

Progressives want a different sort of media than what the Right wants.

I've seen 'Babel' four times. And each time I realize anew what a monumental project that had been for me.

When we can see things as they are, without projecting our mental models and fears, we are being objective. When we can understand and consider another person's point of view, we are being objective.

For millennia, human beings have been finding new ways to look at the world through each others' eyes: from projecting ourselves onto the characters in novels or movies to dressing up in costume to devouring the details of some celebrity's life in 'Hello' or 'OK.'

A lot of the things that bore adults don't bore children, and people forget that. In some ways, boredom is a projection of adults because we can't remember what childhood was like.

Being behind the lens gives me a completely different perspective, and because of my blog, I get to do projects and attend shows lending me another angle.

I like to do projects that challenge me, and hopefully in turn challenge the audience, or open your eyes to something you're not aware of.

I don't think in terms of projects.

The death of a 20-year-old woman is intuitively worse than that of a 2-month-old girl, even though the baby has had less life. The 20-year-old has a much more developed personality than the infant, and has drawn upon the investment of others to begin as-yet-unfulfilled projects.

When you are developing something, you have to look at it individually. You can't compare and contrast it to the projects around it, because that way madness lies.

For my senior prom, my father finally said I could go - as long as I was home by 9 P.M.! That was around the time that most people were heading out. When I was little I was so mad at them all the time. 'Why can't I do this?' 'Why are there so many rules?' But looking back now, my parents gave me the foundation to have so many choices in life.

I would be like, 'Oh, my gosh, I wish I could go to prom.' But then I think, 'You know what? A lot of people can't say they've ever done what I do - they'll never have this opportunity.'

Being deemed the most successful at prom does not mean you're going to do the best in your life.

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

You know, this entire industry, and its not just this industry, it's most people in media, come from one point of view. One. And I am making you a promise on that one. And there is one of me, and they can't stand that there is one dissenting voice. They can only indict my motives.

When you have things taken away, you promise you'll never take anything for granted ever again.

I love watching England and what they are doing. But I can promise you I've not thought about anything that high.

I never promised you a rose garden.

I think people like it when I tell them, 'I'm lucky to be here, because they are, too. Ain't nothing to do with age. There ain't nothing promised to you. Everybody's going to die.

I'm not the apocalypse nor the promised land.

I know the 4Ps (Planning, Priority, Perspective and Patience), and I believe that this knowledge sets me apart from others, as I know exactly how to promote a song, where to promote it. And basically, how much money should be spent in doing all that.

When I have to promote things now, sometimes I realize that I had a movie in mind, but in the end, it's a vision of somebody else, so I have to promote their idea.