Vivek Oberoi Quotes

I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.

Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.

Sometimes, I'll hear from other writers or folks in the publishing industry that my books are rule-breakers, which I take as a compliment.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

I'm all about risque - I love that stuff. I love to be creative - that's what the entertainment business is about.

The world of entertainment is, like the world of fashion, becoming increasingly populated by those who don't want to do things the same old boring way.

You may confuse a lot of people when going against the grain of conventional thinking, and that's perfectly okay. As an entrepreneur, standing up for your vision to your family and friends might possibly be the best practice you will get for the life that awaits you.

It is difficult to be that band that doesn't do things the way other bands do it. It's a blessing and a curse.

I'm disregarding all the rules I've seen as people approach writing music. I'm trying to break them.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

I do like artfully breaking rules.

Isn't art about breaking rules, about challenging existing systems, isn't it about discovering meaning in things or situations before others see anything in them??

I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

A true artist is always out of his time.

Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring.

I think the most experimental way to a film is to tell the story the traditional way, because everyone is doing the other thing.

I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.

When I came here it wasn't that I was anti-Music Row, but it was like I was going against the grain of what everybody on Music Row was doing, and that's what has made me successful.

I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's what I do.

I am not doing comedy because the genre is successful. If that was the case, I would have done a run-of-the-mill comedy film. I set my own trends. I like to give something new and different to my audiences. I want to do the kind of comedy that has been missing till now.

I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

We need the disruption of categories that lead us to abandon the difficult, the disagreeable, and the least likely to go very far.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.