Suman Ranganathan Quotes

My life is my music, so how can I stop? I put 100 percent into my career. I keep this flow going, and that's important.

At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back.

Whatever it is that I am working on is what I become obsessed with.

I never did love Hollywood, I just loved the work.

It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

I love to work. I love doing standup.

I love to work with people and do what I love.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I make movies. I have a passion. Puppies and daisies don't accomplish anything. That's not me at all.

I'm just thankful to have a tour and work something I can focus on.

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.

I have a passion for my work, and that sometimes triggers creative conflicts.

We only take on projects that we're really passionate about.

I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive.

You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.

In truth, making films doesn't feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it.

Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You've got so much going for you, a good community, everybody's hanging together, and you get to do it every week.

I'm more and more fascinated in my own work. I work from 10 A.M. until about 9 P.M., but it's not an obsession, it's a pleasure. There's never enough time.

Working with the cast of 'Glee' was inspiring. To be around a group of kids who work so hard and love what they do is so refreshing.

Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gravitate towards. That's why I like short films, too; I love doing readings, audio books, working with young filmmakers; anything that keeps you from getting blase about yourself or in a rut.

Music is my passion - it's what I love and it's in my blood. You can never take me away from my work.

I really enjoy working with people who have come into this industry for what I think are really admirable reasons. People who really want to tell brilliant stories and do it in the most effective way possible.

Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.