“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
“Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of, say, chapter two and have thought: “This is where the novel should actually start.” A huge amount of information about character and backstory can be conveyed through small detail. The emotional attachment you feel to a scene or a chapter will fade as you move on to other stories. Be business-like about it.” FeelsShouldTwoCharacterStoriesMovingMy OwnNovelCuttingCrazyInformationEmotionalHugeAmountSceneIncludingDetailsAttachmentFadesChaptersManuscriptsLess Is MoreSmall Details Author:Sarah Waters
“There have been 15 or 16 screenplays over the years, including one by me, but none of them has gotten made because Paramount is a huge studio. The Dice Man is an anti-establishment cult novel and you don't normally make studio films from such dark comedy material.” MenYearsHas BeensMadeFilmDarkNovelComedyMaterialsHugeIncludingStudiosEstablishmentCultScreenplaysDiceParamountDark Comedy Author:Luke Rhinehart
“To this day, The Duke and I remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my writing took a huge leap forward.” WritingHeartFeltNovelHugeMy HeartRemainsThis DayLeapDukesClose To My Heart Author:Julia Quinn
“There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to that huge number of people writing here when there are so few people writing about somewhere else.” PeopleWritingSeemsWould BeAmericaNumbersNovelHugeAddSomewhere ElseHuge Numbers Author:Chinua Achebe
“As well as Japanese animation, technology has a huge influence on Japanese society, and also Japanese novels. It's because before, people tended to think that ideology or religion were the things that actually changed people, but it's been proven that that's not the case. Technology has been proven to be the thing that's actually changing people. So in that sense, it's become a theme in Japanese culture.” PeopleThinkingWellsHas BeensCultureCasesTechnologyNovelInfluenceChangedHugeIdeologyThemeProvenAnimationJapanese CultureJapanese Animation Author:Mamoru Oshii
“Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my conscious mind became aware of it, and threw on the brakes. So I've learned not to sweat it: take two days off, then back up a chapter, read through, and try to work out why I'm suddenly uneasy about continuing.” TryingMindTwoMistakeNovelHugeConsciousWork OutBlockI've LearnedSweatChaptersContinuingSubconsciousTwo DaysUneasyWriter's BlockDays OffBrakeConscious Mind Author:Charles Stross
“When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story is sort of discovered as I write it.” WritingWholeStoriesNovelPlansHugeArchitecturePlot Author:Michael Ondaatje
“Part of battle has been getting Hollywood to recognize that comic books and superheroes are not synonymous. That's been a huge breakthrough, just in recent years really, and as a result of that recent breakthrough, we've had movies like 300, Road to Perdition, and A History of Violence, that very few people realize were based on comic books and graphic novels. It's very important to make that differentiation.” PeopleYearsHas BeensImportantBookRealizingResultsNovelViolenceHugeBattleHollywoodComicComic BookSuperheroBreakthroughGraphicGraphic NovelsDifferentiationPerdition Author:Michael Uslan