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David Benioff
David Benioff
American Novelist
Born: Sep 25, 1970
Book Game Great People Writing You
Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach
I've never flown a kite. David Benioff
Kite Never Flown
I love reading novels, and I love going to movies, but I kind of hate going to an adaptation of a novel, and it starts off with a voiceover. David Benioff
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I don't type my sentences on an arena's pitch, surrounded by thousands of cheering or booing fans - I don't feel pressure to please a crowd. David Benioff
Fans Pressure Booing Type Please Thousands Crowd Arena Feel Cheering Surrounded Pitch Sentences
The reality is, 'Game of Thrones' has been a successful show for HBO, which has put us in a position to come and pitch another show and get them excited about it. And that's what helped get us here. David Benioff
Game Reality Has-Been About Excited Put Come Another Been Get Pitch Which Them Us Successful Game Of Thrones Show Helped Here Position
Simon Critchley's 'The Book of Dead Philosophers' - it's a quick thumbnail sketches of philosophers through the ages. David Benioff
Book Philosophers Simon Through Dead Quick Sketches Ages
My favorite food in the world is hard shell crabs from Maryland. David Benioff
Food World Favorite Maryland Shell Crabs Hard
It's always easiest for me as a writer if I know I have a great ending. It can make everything else work. If you don't have a good ending, it's the hardest things in the world to come up with one. I always loved the ending of 'The Kite Runner,' and the scenes that are most faithful to the book are the last few scenes. David Benioff
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Despite his dodgy politics, Yeats remains an inspiration for his genius and the simple fact that the older he got, the better he wrote. David Benioff
Politics Genius Better Simple Older Despite Simple Fact Fact Inspiration Remains He Wrote Got His Yeats
For every Book of Job, there's a Book of Leviticus, featuring some of the most boring prose ever written. But if you were stranded on a desert island, what book would better reward long study? And has there ever been a more beautiful distillation of existential philosophy than the Book of Ecclesiastes? David Benioff
Beautiful You Book Better Reward Job Long Every Philosophy Would Boring Some More Written Prose Study Most Island Were Been Existential Than Stranded Desert Desert Island Ever
It is actually a lot harder to sit down and write from A to Z. But for me at least, it's the only way I can do it, at this point, with any moderate success. David Benioff
Success Me Sit Down Way Only Point Write Least Lot Moderate Any Harder Actually
I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue. David Benioff
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And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter. And I think, again, if I didn't have the novels, maybe I'd be much more frustrated by not having directed yet. David Benioff
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With the movies, people are not going to wait around. The deadline is a deadline. In publishing it's more a polite suggestion. David Benioff
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I'm just not a natural teacher. David Benioff
Teacher Natural Just
I like having my own story remain my story. David Benioff
Own My Own Having Remain Like Story
If you're writing a screenplay for a feature, you don't have any involvement with the casting process, the editing process, the set design, the costume design, or any of that stuff. David Benioff
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