Lizzy Weiss is such a great writer, and she really writes for the performances.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
Even including myself, my favorite author is Eileen Spinelli, who I happen to live with. She's a terrific writer and has written several of my all-time favorites.
Cate Blanchett and Eileen Atkins are definitely among my top five actresses whose work I aspire to.
Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women.
The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.
I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain.
Emily Kapnek's such a great writer, producer, creator.
Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.
There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.
My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.