- Teacher
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We used to live in a rented house in Mumbai, and now we live in our own house. That, for me, is success.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd been drifting and in a very self-destructive bent ever since my mother died and as soon as I dealt with the grief, for the first time in 10 years, I had clarity and I realized: 'I need to make a movie, now, cause if I don't make it now, I might never do it.' That's what pushed me forward, and I immediately moved to Vancouver.
- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of creating a quote-unquote 'retro' world isn't all that appealing to me by itself.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of films mistake convolutedness for complexity. To me, a simple story can be a powerful spine to build around.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was finally allowed to watch horror in my early teens I think I overdid it, I actually ended up generating some kind of low grade PTSD, I was paranoid and scared of our house being broken into. It actually took me a long time to get over that.
- Nov 07, 2020
The young adult category is particularly interesting to me in terms of science fiction and fantasy tropes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think inherently, a little bit, I'm a bit of a pleaser, and I want people to like me and be nice, and to not ruffle feathers and just make everybody happy and stuff. It's a personality flaw.
- Food Supply
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am interested in agricultural corporations and how they function. The idea that they own the genetics of our food supply is a really compelling thing to me.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When somebody keeps telling you, 'This book is amazing,' you sort of have this pleasing instinct to say, 'Oh, let me make you happy again; let me do that trick again.'
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
My conception of my ideal reader has expanded quite a lot as I've matured: Ultimately when I think of my ideal reader, it's someone who's not sitting down with the intention of automatically arguing with the book: somebody who's going to give me enough slack to tell my story.
- Great Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a great relationship with the fans. They love me; they have always shown that.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020