Quotes by Thinking There's always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent. Adam McKay peoplewaythinking For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over. Adam McKay hustleyearsthinking I think what's dangerous [about comedy] is that you're coming into the room announcing your intentions. Adam McKay comedyroomsthinking There's such an aggressively apolitical movement in the US that anything that smells of being political - even the term "political" is so ridiculous, when you think about it. The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that's what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population. Adam McKay ridiculouspoliticalthinking I don't think there's ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that's terrible and a lie. Adam McKay heartlyingthinking I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we'd been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don't think people really saw this guy for what he was. Adam McKay governmentpeoplethinking There are so many shoot-'em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist. Adam McKay tv-showsyearsthinking I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it's there and to push it just a little bit faster. Adam McKay jobsartthinking I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently. Adam Michnik politicalwaythinking I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein. Adam Michnik husseinenemythinking A part of society in our countries would still prefer an authoritarian regime today. These are people with the mentality of Homo sovieticus. But they also exist in France - just think of Le Pen - and even in Finland and Sweden. Adam Michnik countrypeoplethinking France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. Adam Michnik cowboyworldthinking Unless you count the political backdrop, which in any case is a familiar one to many international readers, I don't think there's anything that I would call essentially Brazilian in João Gilberto Noll work. In that regard, it translates very well to a cosmopolitan audience. Adam Morris familiarpoliticalthinking Dreamlike sequencing is perhaps one of João Gilberto Noll's most remarkable triumphs in Quiet Creature on the Corner. I translated the novel and still it remains a mystery as to how exactly how this works. Noll thinks more like an experimental filmmaker than a novelist. Adam Morris mysteryquietthinking The main reason I decided to study Latin American literature was because I'd gotten somewhat bored by the American fiction I was reading. I am not drawn to a specific style or aesthetic. When I think about literature, I think about it in the three languages I read easily - English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The authors I prefer are all very different and are not limited to certain genres or even certain time periods. Reading across three languages is a way for me to diversify my intake as a reader, not to tunnel into certain categories or demographics. Adam Morris readinglatinthinking I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation. Adam Morris translationstranslatorsthinking I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then. Adam Oates good-personguythinking People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster. Adam Osborne technologymistakethinking My parents' convictions, when it came to discipline, were not very strong. For my bar mitzvah, I gave out a mix tape of '90s grunge - if you got it now, you would think it was the 'Singles' soundtrack. Adam Pally disciplinestrongthinking I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad. Adam Pally tv-showsipadsthinking«2425262728293031323334»
