I realized M tagged me a couple of months back, and on my way back to regular writing, this should get me started.
One book that changed your life?
Hmm..books dont change my life, probably influence its course.Currently, The screenplay of Good Will Hunting by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck tops the list. I know it sounds a little queer, but I actually own a copy of this tale about this prodigy, working as a Janitor in MIT and his struggles with himself, his personal and professional relationships and eventually working through his problems.
An Excerpt from the actual transcript:
WILL: Do you play the piano?
SKYLAR: I wanna talk about this.
WIL: No, I'm tryin' to explain it to you. Do you play the piano?
SKYLAR: Yeah, a bit.
WILL: All right so when you--when you look at a piano you see Mozart.
SKYLAR: I see Chopsticks.
WILL: All right, well, Beethoven, okay, he looked at a piano and it just made sense to him. He could just play.
SKYLAR: So, what're you saying? You play the piano?
WILL: No. Not a lick. I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch'a keys, three pedals, and a box of wood. but Beethoven, Mozart, they saw it, they could just play. I couldn't paint you a picture, I probably can't hit the ball out of Fenway, and I can't play the piano.
SKYLAR: But you can do my O Chem paper in under an hour.
WILL: Right. Well, I mean, when it came to stuff like that I could always just play. That's the best I can explain it.
The Kite Runner of late has been an inspiring read as well.
2. One book you have read more than once?
Hmmm..the Kite Runner, Love Story, Catcher in the rye, the TinTin collections, the color of water, the diary of Anne Frank.
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
I'd probably want more than one here..Ayn Rand's works The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, my Calvin and Hobbes collection,
4. One book that made you cry?
None that I can think of..though the pursuit of happyness by Chris Gardner had its moments. I am planning to watch the movie this weekend..it stars Will Smith and his son Jaden.
5. One book that made you laugh?
Gods Debris, C n H obviously, Dave Barry's and some of Nick Hornby's works.
6. One book you wish had been written?
I am a big fan of stories being retold. I wish a lot of valued classics could be retold in current premises to accentuate their worth or obtain different dimensions of the fable.
7. One book you wish had never been written?
Some of these annoying British writing with cynics, drug addicts, omniscients, sexpots and the likes..reading which makes you more depressed than before.
8. One book you are currently reading?
Tsotsi, Harry Potter and the sorcerers Stone, the interpreter of maladies, deception point.
9. One book you have been meaning to read?
the remaining books in the Harry Potter series, Scott Adams's Way of the Weasel, Ponniyin Selvan, the works of James Herriot.
10. Tag five people.
Dont Bother..:)
4 comments:
hmmmm you finally resumed blogging after a long break...have you read the love story ??? felt it was a great book...simple theme but very effectively told...I was moved to tears....Have you read "Doctors" by the Seghal??
Read that U have this blog after very long break. So,
1) Do you write because you want to write?.
2) Or may be because someone called M requests you to?.
3) Or even worse because that is WHAT defines your social "affiliation" or association in your netowrk of people.
So, lets get back to GWH, one of my all time favs too....I too had wathced that movie many times and wonderd what i want do....Never had defenitive answer though. Anyway, point is if you write back after such a long break and that too if u dont find any "original" theme and try to answer some questions posted by someone(they indeed are very good questions)then DO YOU REALLY LIKE WRITING?. IS THAT WHAT U REALLY WANT TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?.
Mr. Anonymous,
Thanks for taking your time to define my affiliation with my social network. You question me by asking whether by answering questions asked by a certain M, I am lacking originality.
I love writing and THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING I DO IN MY FREE TIME. According to me, writing is an expression of thought, action and vision and it doesnt matter if its original or answering questions. I write because I choose to, and exercise the same choices in what, when and how I write. My social affiliations are entirely my problem, so I'll worry about it.
8:04 PM
hey Prits,
Cant stay away from writing for long..:)
Love story was fantastically written..those kind of books which u would rather were not made into movies. I still havent had a chance to read Doctors. Hows the break going on?
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