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Nigel Kneale

English Writer

Born: Apr 18, 1922

Died: Oct 29, 2006

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The trick is the paradox - turning your story inside out. Now if it is something that appears to be of total normality and then suddenly turns inside out and is a different thing all together then that's fun to write. Nigel Kneale

Big Brother sounded like a silly stunt and that's what it is. Nigel Kneale

Big Brother Silly Like Stunt Big Brother

You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to write. The viewer thinks it's going to be about something and it does the opposite. Nigel Kneale

I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer's attention. Nigel Kneale

Write Attention Demanded Wanted Story Viewer

I'd never seen any television before I started. Nigel Kneale

Seen Before Television Never Any Started

I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan. Nigel Kneale

Television Fan Keen

You get to Hollywood and you are in the land of big money where they don't like to see only one screenwriter's name. It's much better if you've got four or five. Nigel Kneale

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