“Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a novel set in a room. If you make the film, the disparity of costs is huge.” IfsWayWritingLooksFilmRoomsNovelProduceHugeColdCostMountainDisparityCold Mountain Author:Anthony Minghella
“I have discovered a universal rule which seems to apply more than any other in all human actions or words: namely, to steer away from affectation at all costs, as if it were a rough and dangerous reef, and (to use perhaps a novel word for it) to practise in all things a certain nonchalance [sprezzatura] which conceals all artistry and makes whatever one says or does seem uncontrived and effortless.” IfsHumansDoeUseSeemsActionCertainNovelDangerousCostAll ThingsUniversalRoughSteersArtistryEffortlessPractiseReefsHuman ActionsNonchalance Author:Baldassare Castiglione
“The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels.” NovelCost Author:Markus Zusak
“It was really a means-of-production problem. It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.” WritingMeanWholeProblemFilmNovelCostPaperProductionsStaples Author:Ruth Ozeki
“When a sculptor creates a sculpture, a writer writes a novel, or a painter paints a motif on a canvas, he needs talent and expertise. But to be successful in his endeavor, he also needs to have the passionate feeling that he wants, at all costs, to create a work of art which, in his head, constantly demands to be accomplished. The same also applies to developing board games or card games.” WantNeedsWritingArtFeelingsGamesNovelSuccessfulTalentCostDemandPaintPassionatePainterCardsDevelopingBoardsAccomplishedBeing SuccessfulWorks Of ArtEndeavorCanvasSculptureExpertiseSculptorsMotifsBoard Games Author:Klaus Teuber