जब आपके किरदार पूरी तरह से अच्छे या पूरी तरह से बुरे न होकर उनके बीच की स्थिति के हों, तो आपको अपने विवरणों (डिटेल्स) को लेकर बहुत सावधान रहना पड़ता है। इसलिए, इसमें समय लगता है। मुझे दूध जैसे सफेद या कालिख जैसे काले किरदारों में कोई दिलचस्पी नहीं है। मुझे नहीं लगता कि असल जिंदगी में लोग ऐसे होते हैं।

When your characters are not white hats or black hats but something in between, you do have to be very careful about your details. So, that takes a while. I'm not interested in white hats and black hats. I don't think that's how people are in real life.

When your characters are not white hats or black hats but something in between, you do have to be very careful about your details. So, that takes a while. I'm not interested in white hats and black hats. I don't think that's how people are in real life.

Topic Creativity & Expression Writing
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 95%

किसी ऐसे विचार पर काम करना हमेशा कठिन होता है, लेकिन मजेदार भी होता है, जो आपको दिलचस्प लगे। इसके लिए निश्चित रूप से कई ड्राफ्ट्स (मसौदों) से गुजरना पड़ता है।

It's always hard, but it's always fun to attack a premise that you think is interesting. It does take a few drafts for sure.

It's always hard, but it's always fun to attack a premise that you think is interesting. It does take a few drafts for sure.

Topic Creativity & Expression Writing
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 92%

विज्ञापन की दुनिया में काम करने का सबसे बड़ा फायदा यह था कि वहाँ के कई हुनर यहाँ भी काम आते हैं: आपको अपने मज़ाक की जिम्मेदारी खुद लेनी पड़ती है; आपको कम समय में पूरी बात बतानी होती है। प्रति फुट के हिसाब से यह दुनिया की सबसे महंगी फिल्म निर्माण प्रक्रिया है, इसलिए यह आपको सिखा देती है कि तमाम मशीनों का इस्तेमाल कैसे करना है और विजुअल्स कैद करने की प्रक्रिया को तकनीकी रूप से कैसे समझना है। और सबसे बड़ी बात, आपको अपना काम बेचना आना होता है। आपको किसी भी हाल में मीटिंग रूम के बीचों-बीच खड़े होकर, हाथ में स्टोरीबोर्ड थामे लोगों को हंसाना आना होता है।

The good thing about being in advertising was a lot of the skills cross over: you have to be accountable for your jokes; you have to tell a story quickly. It's the most expensive filmmaking foot-for-foot in the world, so it does teach you how to use all of the machines and how to think of things in terms of the physical process of capturing the images. And you have to sell your work. You have to walk into whatever it is and stand up in the middle of a conference room with a storyboard in your hand and make people laugh.

The good thing about being in advertising was a lot of the skills cross over: you have to be accountable for your jokes; you have to tell a story quickly. It's the most expensive filmmaking foot-for-foot in the world, so it does teach you how to use all of the machines and how to think of things in terms of the physical process of capturing the images. And you have to sell your work. You have to walk into whatever it is and stand up in the middle of a conference room with a storyboard in your hand and make people laugh.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 92%

कभी-कभी आप दूसरों की बात के खिलाफ सिर्फ इसलिए जाते हैं क्योंकि आपको अपने विश्वास पर पूरा भरोसा होता है।

Sometimes you go against what they say because you believe in it anyway.

Sometimes you go against what they say because you believe in it anyway.

Topic Self & Identity Authenticity
Tone: Defiant Sentiment: Positive Type: Wisdom 95%

मैंने जितने भी जोक्स लिखे, उनमें से ज्यादातर मजेदार थे और मेरी लंबी फिल्मों या कहानियों में कॉमेडी का पुट हमेशा नजर आता है। मुझे लगता है जिंदगी ऐसी ही होती है। मेरा मानना है कि इंसान की जिंदगी के सबसे गंभीर पलों में भी अक्सर बहुत ही मजेदार बातें या स्थितियाँ आ जाती हैं। मैं अक्सर कहता हूँ, "अपनी कॉमेडी को गंभीरता से लो और अपने ड्रामे को हल्का-फुल्का रखो, तभी जिंदगी की सच्चाई करीब से झलकेगी।"

Most of the jokes that I wrote were funny and there always seems to be an aspect of comedy in my long-form work. I think that's how life is. I think even the more dramatic moments of one's life are often punctuated by very funny comments or situations. I like to say, "Keep your comedy serious and your drama funny, and you'll be pretty true to life."

Most of the jokes that I wrote were funny and there always seems to be an aspect of comedy in my long-form work. I think that's how life is. I think even the more dramatic moments of one's life are often punctuated by very funny comments or situations. I like to say, "Keep your comedy serious and your drama funny, and you'll be pretty true to life."

Tone: Witty Sentiment: Positive Type: Life Advice 95%

स्टैंड-अप कॉमेडी ने इसमें बहुत मदद की क्योंकि आप उस अहसास को अच्छी तरह समझते हैं जब कोई बात सच लगती है, और उस अहसास को भी जब वह झूठी लगती है। आप कभी नहीं चाहेंगे कि किसी अभिनेता को यह महसूस हो कि वह जो कर रहा है वह झूठा या बनावटी है, क्योंकि आप जानते हैं कि उसके साथ यह कितनी ज्यादती होगी।

The stand-up really helped because you know the feeling when something feels true, and you know the feeling when it feels false. You don't ever want to give an actor the feeling of it being false, because you know how unfair that is.

The stand-up really helped because you know the feeling when something feels true, and you know the feeling when it feels false. You don't ever want to give an actor the feeling of it being false, because you know how unfair that is.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 92%

आपकी पसंदीदा कहानी, चाहे वह कोई भी हो, हमेशा किसी एक खास पाठक के लिए ही लिखी जाती है

Your favorite story, whatever it might be, was written for one reader

Your favorite story, whatever it might be, was written for one reader

Topic Creativity & Expression Writing
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Philosophical 92%

आप ऐसे लोगों के साथ रहना चाहते हैं जो अपने काम के प्रति उतने ही समर्पित हों जितने आप अपने काम के प्रति हैं, और फिर उन्हें अपना काम अपने तरीके से करने देना चाहिए।

You want to surround yourself with people who are as dedicated to their discipline as you are to yours and let them do what they do.

You want to surround yourself with people who are as dedicated to their discipline as you are to yours and let them do what they do.

Topic Self & Identity Discipline
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Positive Type: Life Advice 96%

आप कहानी से भटककर लिखना नहीं, बल्कि कहानी के दायरे में रहकर बेहतरीन लिखना सीखते हैं। अक्सर अपने करियर की शुरुआत में, लेखकों (मुझसहित) को लगता है कि वे कहानी से बाहर जाकर सबसे अच्छे संवाद—सबसे बेहतरीन लाइनें, सबसे सटीक बातें—लिख रहे हैं, लेकिन वे कहानी की मुख्य धारा से इतनी नहीं जुड़ी होती कि उन्हें प्लॉट में बनाए रखा जा सके।

You learn to do your best writing on story rather than off story. Very often at the beginning of their careers, writers including me do their best dialogue writing off story - the best lines, the best observations - but they haven't got enough to do with the plot to stay in.

You learn to do your best writing on story rather than off story. Very often at the beginning of their careers, writers including me do their best dialogue writing off story - the best lines, the best observations - but they haven't got enough to do with the plot to stay in.

Topic Creativity & Expression Writing
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 95%

मुझे ऐसी कहानियां लिखना पसंद है जिनमें प्रेम हो और साथ में एक छोटी सी बाधा हो। कोई बहुत बड़ी बाधा नहीं; न तो बहुत गंभीर और न ही बहुत ज्यादा हास्यास्पद। बस दोनों के बीच की एक बेहतरीन और संतुलित स्थिति।

I like to write about love plus an obstacle. Not a really big obstacle; not too serious and not too funny. Just somewhere nicely in between - a combination of the two.

I like to write about love plus an obstacle. Not a really big obstacle; not too serious and not too funny. Just somewhere nicely in between - a combination of the two.

Topic Relationships & Love Romantic Love
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 95%

आप हमेशा सही नहीं होते। आप अक्सर गलत होते हैं। लेकिन कम से कम आप उस स्थिति को पूरी वस्तुनिष्ठता (ऑब्जेक्टिविटी) और अपने अब तक के अनुभव के साथ देखते हैं, और फिर कहते हैं, "हाँ, मुझे लगता है कि यह मजेदार है" या "नहीं, मुझे अभी यह मजेदार नहीं लगता।"

You're not always right. You're often wrong. But at least you're looking at it as objectively as you can with as much experience as you can in the moment and saying, "Yeah, I think it's funny" or "No, I don't think it's funny yet."

You're not always right. You're often wrong. But at least you're looking at it as objectively as you can with as much experience as you can in the moment and saying, "Yeah, I think it's funny" or "No, I don't think it's funny yet."

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 92%

मेरा विश्वास मानिए, आप एक बहुत ही खूबसूरत सीन शूट कर रहे होते हैं और तभी अचानक देखते हैं कि बीच में लोग सड़क पार करने लगे हैं। आपको अपने कलाकार तक नहीं मिलते।

Believe me, you can be in the middle of a beautiful take and the next thing you know you're awash in people crossing the street. You can't even find your actors.

Believe me, you can be in the middle of a beautiful take and the next thing you know you're awash in people crossing the street. You can't even find your actors.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Observation 92%

यह देखना बड़ा दिलचस्प होता है कि जब आप तस्वीरों या दृश्यों के साथ संगीत जोड़ते हैं, तो आपकी सारी पुरानी धारणाएं गायब हो जाती हैं और आप बिल्कुल नए सिरे से शुरुआत करते हैं। तब आपको अहसास होता है कि वह पुराना तरीका तो बिल्कुल काम नहीं कर रहा था।

It's funny when you put music up against picture, and all your preconceptions go away, and you start over. You just realize that that doesn't work at all.

It's funny when you put music up against picture, and all your preconceptions go away, and you start over. You just realize that that doesn't work at all.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Observation 95%

आपको यह बात स्वीकार करनी ही होगी कि जैसे ही आप किसी निर्देशक के हाथ में स्क्रिप्ट सौंपते हैं, भले ही वह आपकी अपनी मौलिक (ओरिजिनल) कहानी क्यों न हो, वह उसकी फिल्म बन जाती है। ऐसा होना भी जरूरी है क्योंकि एक निर्देशक पर दबाव इतना भारी और अथाह होता है कि यदि उसके पास निर्णय लेने की वैसी आज़ादी न हो, वैसी खुली छूट न हो, तो फिल्म बन ही नहीं सकती। उसके पीछे कोई विजन (नजरिया) नहीं होगा। हो सकता है वह एक पटकथा लेखक के रूप में आपका विजन न हो, लेकिन कम से कम उसका अपना एक विजन तो होगा ही।

You have to accept that the moment you hand a script to a director, even if you've written it as an original script, it becomes his or her movie. That's the way it has to be because the pressures on a director are so staggering and overwhelming that if he or she doesn't have that sort of level of decision making ability, that sort of free reign, the movie simply won't get done. It won't have a vision behind it. It may not be your vision as a screenwriter, but at least it will have a vision.

You have to accept that the moment you hand a script to a director, even if you've written it as an original script, it becomes his or her movie. That's the way it has to be because the pressures on a director are so staggering and overwhelming that if he or she doesn't have that sort of level of decision making ability, that sort of free reign, the movie simply won't get done. It won't have a vision behind it. It may not be your vision as a screenwriter, but at least it will have a vision.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 92%

इस धरती पर कुछ लोग ऐसे होते हैं जिन्हें हर तरह के काम करने के लिए ही भेजा गया है।

There are people who are put on this earth to do everything.

There are people who are put on this earth to do everything.

Topic Society & World Human Nature
Themes #Human Nature
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 95%

मैं जानता था कि मैं सिनेमास्कोप में काम करना चाहता हूँ क्योंकि मुझे स्क्रीन के आकार, चौड़े फ्रेम और विजुअल्स के लिहाज से यह ज्यादा खूबसूरत लगता है। साथ ही, यह टेलीविजन से कम मिलता-जुलता है, जो कि एक अहम बात है।

I knew I wanted to work in Cinemascope because I find it much more beautiful just in terms of the shape of the screen, the wider image, and it's also less like television, which is important.

I knew I wanted to work in Cinemascope because I find it much more beautiful just in terms of the shape of the screen, the wider image, and it's also less like television, which is important.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 95%

मेरी नजर में मेरा काम आपको एक ऐसी खिड़की देना है जिससे आप किसी दूसरी दुनिया और दूसरी कहानी को देख सकें, और फिर मुझे इतनी सहजता से काम करना चाहिए कि आपको न तो मेरी मेहनत महसूस हो, न संपादक का काम, और न ही लेंस या रोशनी का कोई अहसास हो।

My job, as I see it, is to give you a window into another world and another story, and then to be as graceful as I can so that you don't feel my work or the editor's work or the lens or the light or anything.

My job, as I see it, is to give you a window into another world and another story, and then to be as graceful as I can so that you don't feel my work or the editor's work or the lens or the light or anything.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Reflection 95%

किसी निर्देशक को स्क्रिप्ट सौंपना यकीनन एक मुश्किल काम है, इसमें कोई दो राय नहीं है। आप एक कोरे कागज से शुरुआत करते हैं और इन किरदारों के साथ जीते हैं, खासकर तब जब वह कोई मौलिक कृति हो जो पहले से मौजूद किसी सामग्री पर आधारित न हो। लेकिन अगर आपको यह मंजूर नहीं, तो फिर उपन्यास लिखिए।

It's hard to hand a script to a director, there's no question about it. You've lived with these characters, you've started with a blank page, especially when it's an original work and something not based on a preexisting piece of material. But if you don't like it, write a novel.

It's hard to hand a script to a director, there's no question about it. You've lived with these characters, you've started with a blank page, especially when it's an original work and something not based on a preexisting piece of material. But if you don't like it, write a novel.

Topic Creativity & Expression Writing
Tone: Cynical Sentiment: Mixed Type: Advice 94%

मुझे लगता है कि हर इंसान के भीतर थोड़ा सा नियमों का पालन करने वाला और थोड़ा सा नियमों को तोड़ने वाला छिपा होता है।

I think everybody has a little rule follower and a little rule breaker in them.

I think everybody has a little rule follower and a little rule breaker in them.

Topic Society & World Human Nature
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Observation 95%