Comedy can be very freeing. Laughter truly is the best medicine.
All actors are whores. They want only one thing: to seduce you.
I never change, I simply become more myself.
Novels usually evolve out of 'character. ' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence.
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.
Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.
Every kid thinks about the Heisman Trophy and dreams about it, but you never think it could happen to you.
Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story I choose to tell. In fact, it almost certainly will.
I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter.
People believe that if a hijra curses you, bad things will happen. That God Ram blessed hijras with this power, that our blessings and curses will come true. People give us money because they are scared of our curse. Now that's the only way hijras can survive - by saying, "Give me money, otherwise I'll curse you. " That clap, which scares people, has become our identity. In a way, you use myths and misconceptions for your own survival.