My Problem Is I'm A Man Of

There Is A Sort Of Theory That You Should Adapt Bad Books Because They Always Make More Successful Films.

You Know Very Well That Unless You're A Scientist, It's Much More Important For A Theory To Be Shapely, Than For It To Be True.

There Was A Moment In The Early '80s When I Wanted To Work On Films And Wanted To Live In L.a.

Since My Adaptation Of Ian Mcewan's 'atonement,' I Get Sent A Lot Of Novels That People Think Will Work As Movies. So Every Now And Then I Make A Point Of Sitting Down And Reading A Couple Of Them.

I Have Always Thought Of Sophistication As Rather A Feeble Substitute For Decadence.