Amitava Kumar Quotes

We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fascinated by people who are clearly, 'This is black and this is white, and that's the way life is.' Life always has something to say about that.

It's interesting to hear what somebody does when they have no interest in playing by the rules.

I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.

In contradiction and paradox, you can find truth.

That's what I always wanted Man Repeller to do - to change the way people actually think. Showing young girls that there are no rules.

What people don't realize is that when you start making things outside of the convention of what is normal or good or 'best practices,' you're also shedding some of the baggage that comes with the concept of what a game 'should' be.

I realized all the writing I love lives in the gray area.

The most interesting thing about being alive is that there is no black and white; there are many shades of gray.

I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.

The world isn't black and white, Annie, it's shades of grey.

I can never give a 'yes' or a 'no.' I don't believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable.

I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is

Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey.

What intrigues me is that people kind of naturally want to label or pigeonhole the characters. They want to make it easy for themselves to go, "All right. There's the good guy, there's the bad guy, there's the girl. Okay, I get it now." But life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both. So any time the hero does something I'm not crazy about, or the bad guy does something I can relate to, I'll find it more interesting.

There is always the other side, always.

What should I say about life? That it's long and abhors transparence.

You should never, ever be understood completely. That's like the kiss of death, isn't it? It's a full stop. I don't ever think you should put full stops on thoughts. They change.

A master sees the bad in the good, and the good in the bad.

Sometimes a simple question could have a complicated answer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Everything is true; only the opposite is true too; you must believe both equally or be damned.

She used to pride herself on her refusal to see two sides of an argument, but increasingly she accepts that issues are more ambiguous and complicated than she once thought.

I like ambiguity. I think it's so much more interesting to play than an overtly good or an overtly evil person.

Please do not understand me too quickly.

I think this is one of those issues where the deeper you dig, the murkier it gets - and everyone who has spent a lot of time thinking about these issues.