Quotes About Interpretation

There's no right or wrong answer in an interpretation. It's all in the person who's interpreting, and how you feel about something.

I don't like being told someone's interpretation of something that I do.

I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things I want to say, but I don't ever want to limit anybody, to have them say, 'Oh, he said this, so that's what it's about.' I'm happy people bring their own stuff to it.

The value of having numbers - data - is that they aren't subject to someone else's interpretation. They are just the numbers. You can decide what they mean for you.

It's very hard for all of us, when we've committed ourselves to a particular interpretation, to change our minds.

A lot of writers want everything put on screen, but it doesn't work like that. The screenwriter brings her own imaginative interpretation, just as the director and actors do.

Fashion is a big game of interpretation; I simply try to enjoy myself as much as possible.

The cool thing about doing a play is that the final interpretation of a piece is turned over to the actors.

Directing is an act of interpretation.

I wanted to explore expectations we have of people - what a woman should be, what a man should be. And if they don't meet our own interpretation of who they should be because of their gender, their background, their ethnic group, we then come to conclusions about them that are not accurate.

In the performance sense, I find that interpretation is improvisatory in nature. You can go anywhere with an interpretation on any given day.

Some people cannot believe there is an alternative interpretation of the Bible aside from their own.

Most of the musicians I play with - aside from the form and structure of the music - the interpretation is up to them.

You may not understand your parents' interpretation of love and what they think is best for you, but you have to trust it.

The news is so instantly available to us without delay, interpretation, or a filter. What is hot right now is streamed live without context or perspective.

I want to show people my interpretation of what creating music is, and this is where it comes from: the heart.

I am not a propagandist; my work has often had a political dimension but, hopefully, one that is not didactic and is open to interpretation.

You're not free if you can't marry the person you love because a county clerk is imposing his or her interpretation of religion on you.

What appears on the screen is what people see. Everything else is just interpretation.

Echo & the Bunnymen just copied 'People Are Strange,' which is cool, we made some money, thanks. But when an artist finds a new interpretation of one of your songs, that's great. It turns your head around.

We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.

I think other people's interpretations of what I've written are a lot better than what I have, because I don't understand a lot of what I write.

God's revelation has always been in deeds. God's interventions in history have always been in deeds, in actions. Then there are those who interpret the actions, and then there are those who write down the interpretations of the actions.