I think I can speak with a degree of authority... today, the biggest driving force of movies is pace; God help you if you try to put in a scene that is about character and not plot.
From Terry Hayes
The problem with movies is you are over-rewarded for the work you do. It's hard to give up, and I got used to a certain lifestyle.
Movie studios could learn a thing or two from British publishers. There is an intelligence, and a respect for writers; things that you hope for and never get in Hollywood.
It doesn't take much to get a high profile in Australia.
A hero can only be as good as the bad guy.
On a deeper level, I think many stories - especially thrillers - can be a journey to the heart of darkness.
I got to know Australians well working on the 'Mad Max' franchise with director George Miller.
I've read and traveled a lot in the Middle East, and I built on eyewitness accounts of horrific executions that would shape a boy's character and beliefs if he watched his father die that way. These are the stuff of which nightmares are made.
We all have to take responsibility for what we say and do.
I have nothing but praise for J. K. Rowling. Her contribution - apart from the books themselves, obviously - is showing writers how to interact with the 21st Century.
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