मुझे लगता है कि वह आज़ादी—काव्यात्मक आज़ादी—क्योंकि लघु कथा शैली का काव्यात्मक हिस्सा इंसान के इस कैद वजूद के बारे में कुछ ऐसा कहने की कोशिश है जिसे शब्दों में बयान न किया जा सके, और उस स्थिति को दर्शाने के लिए नए शब्द गढ़ना मज़ेदार होता है, और बेतुकेपन की पूंछ पकड़कर उसे मचलना मज़ेदार होता है, जहाँ आप अपनी हरकतों पर खुद ही खिलखिला उठते हैं या लघु कथा में मंत्रमुग्ध हो जाते हैं।
I guess the freedom - poetic freedom - because the poetic part of short story form is an attempt to say something that's unsayable about one's incarcerated existence, and it's fun to come up with words to represent that condition, and it's fun to pull the tail of absurdity and rile it up, where you giggle at what you do or you get enthralled and in the short story.
I guess the freedom - poetic freedom - because the poetic part of short story form is an attempt to say something that's unsayable about one's incarcerated existence, and it's fun to come up with words to represent that condition, and it's fun to pull the tail of absurdity and rile it up, where you giggle at what you do or you get enthralled and in the short story.
ज़िंदगी बहुत डरावनी और रहस्यमयी है। मुझे नहीं पता कि मैं ज़िंदगी को बिल्कुल वैसा ही पेश कर रहा हूँ या नहीं, लेकिन इसका नाता सपनों से ज़रूर है। जब आप जाग रहे होते हैं तब भी सपना देख रहे होते हैं: आप मेट्रो में बैठे होते हैं और चारों तरफ देखते हैं, और आपके मन में ऐसे भयानक विचार आते हैं जिन्हें सोचना एक अजीब सा सुकून देता है क्योंकि वे असल में नहीं हो रहे होते, पर आपके दिमाग में ज़रूर चल रहे होते हैं। वे ख्वाहिशों, इच्छाओं के बारे में होते हैं—कामुक, खतरनाक, उम्मीद से भरे, कि शायद ज़िंदगी ऐसी हो सकती है।
Life is sinister. I don't know if I am representing life exactly, but sinister, I think it has to do with dreams. You're dreaming when you're awake: you're sitting on the subway and you look around, and you can think of sinister things that are kind of delightful to think of because they're not really happening, but they are in your mind. They're about wishes, desires - sexy, dangerous, hopeful, the way it could be, maybe.
Life is sinister. I don't know if I am representing life exactly, but sinister, I think it has to do with dreams. You're dreaming when you're awake: you're sitting on the subway and you look around, and you can think of sinister things that are kind of delightful to think of because they're not really happening, but they are in your mind. They're about wishes, desires - sexy, dangerous, hopeful, the way it could be, maybe.
हॉलीवुड हमेशा चिल्लाता रहता है, "कल तक चाहिए!" और उन सारी डेडलाइन, चीख-पुकार और बेताबी के साथ आपको मौत के मुँह में डरा कर रख देता है।
Hollywood's always saying, "Yesterday!" and scares you to death with all that deadline and yelling and impatience stuff.
Hollywood's always saying, "Yesterday!" and scares you to death with all that deadline and yelling and impatience stuff.
मैंने चीज़ें लिखने की कोशिश की, लेकिन वे इतनी अजीब, मूर्खतापूर्ण और असंभव थीं कि मुझे खुद नहीं पता था कि वे क्या हैं, इसलिए वह भ्रम काफी लंबे समय तक चलता रहा। शायद वह भ्रम अब भी जारी है, बस किसी तरह मैंने कुछ लोगों को अपने झांसे में ले लिया है। मैंने बहुत लंबे समय तक ऐसी चीज़ें लिखीं जिनका असल दुनिया में कोई मतलब नहीं था, और आज मुझे मज़ाकिया अंदाज़ में उन पर शर्म आती है।
I tried to write things, but they were so ridiculous and stupid and impossible and I had not a clue what they were, so that delusion went on for a long time. Maybe it's still going on, only somehow I sucked some people in. It was a long time of writing things that didn't make sense in the real world, and I'm embarrassed about them now in a jocular way.
I tried to write things, but they were so ridiculous and stupid and impossible and I had not a clue what they were, so that delusion went on for a long time. Maybe it's still going on, only somehow I sucked some people in. It was a long time of writing things that didn't make sense in the real world, and I'm embarrassed about them now in a jocular way.
कभी-कभी मैं सोचता हूँ कि ये संपादक खुद लेखक क्यों नहीं बन जाते, क्योंकि वे लेखन के बारे में इतना कुछ जानते हैं।
I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.
I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.
प्रेस्टन स्टर्जेस, जिन्होंने 'द पाल्म बीच स्टोरी' लिखी थी, ने कहा था कि पटकथा (स्क्रीनप्ले) लिखना वास्तुकला (आर्किटेक्चर) जैसा है। यही वजह है कि कोई अच्छी पटकथा पढ़ना बहुत दुर्लभ बात है।
Preston Sturges, who wrote The Palm Beach Story, said screenplay writing is architecture. That's why it's so rare to read one that's any good.
Preston Sturges, who wrote The Palm Beach Story, said screenplay writing is architecture. That's why it's so rare to read one that's any good.
पटकथा लिखना वाकई बहुत मुश्किल काम है, यह तबीयत खराब कर देने जैसा है। जितने भी महान लेखकों ने पटकथा लिखने की कोशिश की, वे सफल नहीं हो पाए—उनमें से ज्यादातर, चाहे वह जॉन फॉकनर हों या कोई भी, ऑल्डस हक्सले तक।
It's really hard to write a screenplay, it's nauseating. All those great writers that tried to write screenplays, they couldn't do it, most of them - John Faulkner, whoever, Aldous Huxley.
It's really hard to write a screenplay, it's nauseating. All those great writers that tried to write screenplays, they couldn't do it, most of them - John Faulkner, whoever, Aldous Huxley.
मेरा मतलब पटकथा लेखन के बारे में इतनी लंबी बात करने का नहीं था। पटकथा लेखन पर कौन बात करना चाहता है? मैंने इसे पढ़ाया है और मुझे खुद एक धोखेबाज़ होने का अहसास होता था क्योंकि जो मैं पढ़ा रहा था, शायद वह मैं खुद कभी न कर पाता।
I don't mean to talk so much about screenplay writing. Who wants to talk about screenplay writing? I've taught it and I felt like a charlatan because what I was teaching I probably couldn't do.
I don't mean to talk so much about screenplay writing. Who wants to talk about screenplay writing? I've taught it and I felt like a charlatan because what I was teaching I probably couldn't do.
मैं एल.ए. (लॉस एंजिल्स) गया क्योंकि मेरे माता-पिता वहीं थे और किसी ने मुझसे पूछा कि क्या मैं किसी फिल्म में काम करना चाहूँगा। यह आसान था, हालांकि इसे करना आसान नहीं था, पर मैं इसमें बहता चला गया। मैंने लंबे समय तक एक अभिनेता के रूप में अपनी आजीविका चलाई, लेकिन मैं खुद को एक अभिनेता नहीं मानता था, मैं खुद को एक लेखक मानता था।
I went to LA because my parents were there and somebody asked me if I wanted to be in a movie. It was easy, it wasn't easy to do, but I fell into it. I made a living as an actor for a long time, but I didn't think of myself as an actor, I thought I was a writer.
I went to LA because my parents were there and somebody asked me if I wanted to be in a movie. It was easy, it wasn't easy to do, but I fell into it. I made a living as an actor for a long time, but I didn't think of myself as an actor, I thought I was a writer.