I Don't Want To Know

I Think It Was W.h. Auden Who Said He Was Lucky That His First Favorite Poet Was Thomas Hardy, Who Was A Good But Not A Great Poet, Because If You Are Exposed To The Greats Too Soon It Can Just Squash You As A Writer.

I Don't Think You Could Function On Set If You Think Like That. I Think Once You Start To Think Of The Impact, Then You're Not Really Coming From A Truthful Place. I Think The Best Thing To Do For Me Is What's Worked In The Past.

I Will Read Biographies Or Autobiographies While I'm Writing, But Mostly I Put Books In A To-read Queue, Like Rachel Cusk's New Novel, "outline."

We All Know People For That Length Of Time And People Change. They Mature. There Is A Certain Expectation That A Fictional Character Does Not Change. But You Can't Go Back And Play Him The Same Way.

I'll Instinctively Know That I Identify With A Character.