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Jane Goldman
Jane Goldman
English Writer
Born: Jun 11, 1970
Always Love Me People Think You
Related authors: Arthur C. Clarke D. H. Lawrence Douglas Adams Gilbert K. Chesterton John Ruskin Ricky Gervais Rudyard Kipling Thomas Paine
Vengeance is the act of turning anger in on yourself. On the surface it may be directed at someone else, but it is a surefire recipe for arresting emotional recovery. Jane Goldman
Anger Yourself Recipe Else Someone Directed Recovery Emotional Vengeance Surface Arresting May Turning Act
Always build. If you start at fever pitch, there's nowhere to go. Jane Goldman
You Build Always Go Fever Pitch Nowhere Start
Teenagers come to things fresh and can really teach us an awful lot. Jane Goldman
Teenagers Come Fresh Lot Us Really Teach Awful Awful Lot Things
If you're writing a novel, you can afford to see where the spirit takes you, but in terms of structure and engineering with a screenplay, you have to be quite pragmatic; otherwise, it will run away from you. Jane Goldman
You Writing Will Engineering Otherwise Run See Spirit Structure Takes Terms Pragmatic Afford Quite Where Screenplay Novel Away
You want, in a sense, to relate to the main character, so often, the main character POV is a bit more of a blank slate. Jane Goldman
Character You Sense Relate Bit More Blank Blank Slate Main Main Character POV Often Want Slate
I play 'World of Warcraft,' which means I end up hanging out with teenage boys a lot. Jane Goldman
World Teenage Out Boy Lot End Up Hanging Which Warcraft Means Play
I really enjoy the company of my kids... I'm not one of those people who goes 'Yeah, my kids are my mates', that's a dreadful kind of mother, but I'm fortunate that there are times that they do want me around, and I feel lucky that they let me into their world. Jane Goldman
Me People World Mother Enjoy Those Kids Dreadful Kind Feel Around Yeah Mates Times Goes Want Really Fortunate Who Company Lucky
Normally with film, it's normal for the screenwriter to never be seen again after finishing until the premiere. Jane Goldman
Seen Finishing Never Until Normal Normally After Screenwriter Again Premiere Film
It's really weird because my house is very ornate, but my writing lair is very, very blank. It's white, the furniture is white. It gives me nothing to look at, so I just have to concentrate! Jane Goldman
Me Writing Nothing White Furniture Gives Blank Weird Concentrate Look House Because Very Just Lair Really
The things you encounter in your formative years always stay with you. Jane Goldman
You Stay Always Years Encounter Formative Your Things
After starting as a journalist for newspapers and magazines, I began to write books and had success with a novel and four nonfiction books for young adults. Jane Goldman
Success Journalist Young Books Magazines Write Adult Had Nonfiction Began Young Adults After Newspapers Novel Four Starting
A friend of mine, Neil Gaiman, had the film rights to his book 'Stardust' bought by producer Matthew Vaughn and suggested I adapt it for the screen. Jane Goldman
Rights Book Mine Neil Had Bought His Friend Matthew Screen Producer Film Stardust Suggested Adapt
I've always loved science fiction, fantasy, manga, comic books; so I guess, to some degree, those things influence my personal idea of what looks nice, which definitely isn't everyone else's. Jane Goldman
Science Degree Nice Else Guess Everyone Books Those Definitely Some Idea Looks Science Fiction Always Comic Comic Books Personal Influence Manga Fiction Loved Which Fantasy Things
You can tell a lot in shorthand. Jane Goldman
You Tell Lot Shorthand
There is always a reverence issue, and I'm no different from any audience member that if someone's adapting a book or comic that I like, I really don't want them to screw it up. Jane Goldman
Book Adapting Member Someone Like Audience Always Audience Member Comic Reverence Issue Up Any Different Want Screw Them Really
I know what I miss as a cinemagoer is that balance of films that actually scare me; they're so few and far between. Jane Goldman
Me Balance Few Films Scare Miss Between Know Far Actually
I think when you really adore something, and you've grown up with it, you almost don't want to be part of it. I want to enjoy it as a fan and don't want to ruin the magic. Jane Goldman
You Enjoy Think Ruin Magic Something Adore Part Almost Up Want Fan Really Grown Grown-Up
I've been really lucky not to have a duff experience with a director. Jane Goldman
Director Experience Been Really Lucky
Honestly, I think most directors are about, 'Let's do the most fun and effective thing here and figure out how afterwards.' Jane Goldman
Think Honestly Out About Directors Most How Effective Afterwards Figure Fun Thing Here
I enjoy the medium of film, and I think I understand it well, and I like working with directors, so yeah, I think I'll stick with this. Jane Goldman
Enjoy Think Medium Directors Like Well Stick Understand Yeah Working Film
I was so clear on the fact that I wanted to be a journalist that I asked my parents if I could go to a tutorial college to do my O-levels early, which I did when I was 13. Jane Goldman
College Parents Journalist Fact Could Clear Go Did Wanted Which Asked If I Could Early
Quite honestly, I'm so happy to be Jonathan's wife and my children's mum that anything else is a bonus. Jane Goldman
Happy Wife Bonus Honestly Else Jonathan Quite Children Anything Anything Else Mum
I came to comic books when I was about 15. Jane Goldman
Books About Comic Comic Books Came
I like looking at a book and asking myself, 'How do I replicate that experience I just had as a reader?' Jane Goldman
Myself Experience Book Looking Had Like Reader How Replicate Just Asking
A lot of people use the phrase 'underage violence,' which, to me, is meaningless. Jane Goldman
Me People Phrase Underage Lot Which Meaningless Use Violence
We just really wanted Hit-Girl to be a character who, in a sense, simply happens to be an 11-year-old girl, in the same way that Ripley in 'Alien' could have been a guy, but the part happened to be played by Sigourney Weaver. Jane Goldman
Character Alien Girl Sense Way Guy Could Part Simply Been Same Just Wanted Happened Happens Really Who Played
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