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Quote by Robin Hobb

“Every writer knows a lot more about their characters and story than actually makes it onto the page.”

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Robin Hobb is an American novelist renowned for her fantasy novels. Her works are known for their complex characters and in-depth historical backgrounds, which have won her a dedicated following. more

“Writers really do that. We weep over our characters. We are saddened sometimes for days when we say goodbye to a world or a character. They do become our best friends. I've probably spent more time with them over the past 22, 24 years than I have spent with most of the real members of my family.”

World Real Sometimes Character Past My Family Goodbye Saying Goodbye Over The Past Saddened

Author:Robin Hobb

“In real life, things don't all end at the nice same place. To keep the story real, there has to be kind of a ragged edge at the end of a novel.”

Kind Real Novel Nice Real Life Be Kind

Author:Robin Hobb

“To be honest, I don't think of any of my characters as minor characters - they're all the main characters in a story that I don't necessarily get to tell.”

Thinking Character Honest Being Honest

Author:Robin Hobb

“When you are writing, you have to love all your characters. If you're writing something from a minor character's point of view, you really need to stop and say the purpose of this character isn't to be somebody's sidekick or to come in and put the horse in the stable. The purpose of this character is you're getting a little window into that character's life and that character's day. You have to write them as if they're not a minor character, because they do have their own things going on.”

Writing Character Purpose Window Horse Point Of View

Author:Robin Hobb

“When we come back to fantasy, I think we're actually coming back to the real bedrock of storytelling. Our national or international genre really is fantasy, if you think about the worldwide myths and legends and stories that we all know, whether we're talking about Little Red Riding Hood or the Arabian Nights or Noah's Ark or Hercules. These are stories that cross many cultures in much the same way that dragons cross many cultures.”

Thinking Real Night Culture Fantasy Myth Storytelling Hood Arabian Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood

Author:Robin Hobb

“I think you do have to attend to the sort of core values of film, which is that the audience wants to have a relationship with the characters, they want to understand what's going on there. There are certain things that comics can have a little bit more freedom in then when you're asking an audience to engage in it as a piece of cinema, but I do feel like the canvas is much bigger and wider and that we're being invited and frankly challenged to take risks, to be a little bit different. And that's fun, that's exciting.”

Thinking Different Character Film Values Fun Audience Risk Exciting Canvas Core Values

Author:Hutch Parker

“I think the key for us is really letting the stories we feel are best told to kind of dictate where we go. When we find a story we really believe is one that should be told, how do we best tell it and you know what do we need to tell that story most effectively? I think to the good, the universe is such that there are a lot of options, there a lot of opportunities. So that's kind of what's guiding us.”

Thinking Believe Kind Universe Opportunity

Author:Hutch Parker

“I really think the key to any movie is that you tell the story kind of in a fulsome way, with depth, with skill, and you will find your audience.”

Thinking Kind Audience

Author:Hutch Parker

“I think one of the mistakes that people historically have made in Hollywood, and there are countless examples of this, is making the assumption that if the movie worked before, if we just remake it it'll work again.”

People Thinking Mistake Assumption

Author:Hutch Parker

“Ultimately as much as the film industry is a business, it's a democracy. And the audience votes on how they feel based on the way they spend their money for tickets.”

Film Audience Democracy Vote

Author:Hutch Parker

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