The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
I do what I feel is right. I am not scared to walk on the new path and take risk.
On 'Avatar', I learned that it's worth taking some risks and doing some weird little things with characters or having an off-joke here and there, even if it's only for 5 percent of the audience.
There's something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it's dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it's about.
We know the risks of birth control, and yet we continue to pump it into our system as if we have no choice.
I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.
That President Mohammad Khatami's policies have been blocked is the bitterest incident in the contemporary Iranian history. This means that the wishes of millions of people who voted for Khatami and called for freedom and justice have been ignored... Why should cultural activities and journalism be so risky in Iran?
I have always been up for risks, but only because I had full confidence and faith in the vision of my directors.
In my own work, I have written about how our public sector bank officials avoid making any new lending decisions - because lending always exposes them to some (infinitesimal) risk of being blamed for the loan going wrong.
If you don't hire originals, you run the risk of people disagreeing but not voicing their dissent.
