Vikram Seth Quotes

I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.

The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really protective of that. I'm not going to write something because I feel like it fits here or it fits there - I just want to write music that feels good to me, you know?

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate.

I write the kind of stuff I'd like to watch.

I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.

I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see.

I write what I write.

I'm doing the kind of show that I would want to see.

I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em.

If there are 100 people, I don't anticipate all 100 liking my scenario - but I write it so at least one or two of them will love and get really into that particular story.

I'm not going to release something just because they think it's the next hit. It's not what everyone wants to hear, but that's the way it is.

A lot of people have ideas and opinions on what Avenged Sevenfold should be or what we should do, and I think our No. 1 rule is to always make sure we never listen to any of that and to always do what we believe.

Every creator has to follow what they believe. That's the message I would love for every single executive to get, to clearly understand, and every single producer out there.

I just always make honest music. I just always kinda do what I wanna do.

When you're a writer, your song has to resonate with the person you're writing for in order for them to want to sing it. But if you're an artist, you can sing whatever you want.

I only make those films that I would love to watch.

I can't change the preconceived notions a reader brings to a work, but I can do my best to be aware of, address, and subvert tropes and expectations that readers may have as best I can and hope I don't screw it up too much.

There will always be some films that the audience would like and some that they don't. But if I start becoming a slave to appreciation, I will be subjecting myself and my talent to one particular type of taste. I don't want to do that.

I don't want to be a commentator of my own work. If you've written the story, you've said what you want to say.

You have to fight to get your show not only on the air but then to keep it what it is and make sure that it doesn't get manipulated into something else.

I believe that a web series allows actors the freedom to express their views.

When directors tell me they want a song like one, I tell them no song should be like another. I don't listen to directors.

I feel you lose your audience when you make movies for others and not for yourself or your people.

I have no preconceived ideas; I gave that up a long time ago… The only thing we can do as musicians is make an album we like, and an album that we consider to be incredibly good.