I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'
Ashwin Sanghi
If I use the word 'khichdi' in my novel, I don't have to get into the trouble of explaining that it is a dish of rice and lentils. My... →
I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going on in... →
Gus Van Sant
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.
George Santayana
One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
Edward Sapir
Commitment is an act, not a word.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
People are so afraid to say the word 'comic'. It makes you think of a grown man with pimples, a ponytail and a big belly. Change it to... →
Marjane Satrapi
I don't like 'graphic novel.' It's a word that publishers created for the bourgeois to read comics without feeling bad. Comics is... →
I hate this word 'graphic novel.' It is a term publishing houses have created for the bourgeois so they wouldn't be ashamed of buying... →