When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I res...
I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you ...
As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I think it's just a while magical... it almost feels like you're at a big party in India, where you're singing, you're dancing, you're laughing, y...
I laugh a lot in horror films. If I'm scared in a horror film, I try to think about what's scaring me... particularly, if it's a bad movie, but something they're doing still works. It's the same way I look at comedy. I've always had an intellectual v...
I read a blog about this young filmmaker in the Philippines who made a short film, and one of the characters in the film reads my novel and then starts discussing the novel with someone. The idea that my book can inspire another artist and be part of...
Let yourself be enchanted in small ways.
Backstage was chaos distilled into a very small space.
Success comes through small daily wins.
I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
There’s no point in believing in things that exist.
Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.
The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.
One small boy was all it took to upset the universe
Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.
The important thing in life is to be.
Having 'best friends' is - at least for me - as outdated and small-minded a concept as the idea of 'Sunday best clothes.'
Big mouths and small brains make the strangest noises.
Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.
A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.
In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.
