I like writing for movies. It's nice to be alone working on fiction in your room, and then it's nice to be in a room with a bunch of people working on a movie.

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  I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoe

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  I write longhand on legal pads, about half at home and half in cafes. I drink a lot of water and ea

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  My first novel took almost six years to sell and was rejected 37 times in the interim, and then fin

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  I didn't like books where people played on a sports team and won a bunch of games, or went to summe

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  I listen to Morricone, the famed Italian film composer, while I'm working.

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  Any playlist without Prince is no friend of mine.

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  Blank paper has always inspired me.

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