I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Our biggest challenge is always story. The story is the ultimate thing you try to tackle.
I love a challenge and the last four years it has all come to fruition and it has been wonderful.
Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world.
I'm always looking for the next challenge.
I've always loved a challenge.
One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.
World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years.
I did this film with Russell Crowe called 'The Water Diviner,' which took place just after WWI. It was fascinating because the weapons between WWI and WII were very different. I had to learn how to ride horses in a battle setting. It was important that we rode a certain way.
I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.
I remember World War II when there were very few books, very little paper available. For me to walk into a shop or look at a list and see anything that I want, or almost anything, is like a kind of miracle.