You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that. Anthony Minghella addressforcelong Change image and share on social
I work fitfully, in hope rather than in expectation, invent methods which last a week, and fill notebooks with tiny, illegible writing which often defies my own attempts to decipher it. Anthony Minghella attemptdecipherdefy Change image and share on social
I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films. Anthony Minghella affirmbelievefilm Change image and share on social
I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write. Anthony Minghella directdirectorfilm Change image and share on social
The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic. Anthony Minghella civilextractfutile Change image and share on social
The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking! Anthony Minghella bigbusinesscafe Change image and share on social
The imaginative leap for me of writing for women is no more difficult than the one of writing for men. I've always wanted to have women well represented in the work that I've done because I've always been around them and around the way they look at the world. Anthony Minghella difficulthaveimaginative share on social
I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies. Anthony Minghella badbookgood Change image and share on social
No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there. Anthony Minghella ambitiousappetitecold Change image and share on social
Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a novel set in a room. If you make the film, the disparity of costs is huge. Anthony Minghella coldcostdisparity Change image and share on social
