I think many years ago I got on a bus in L.A. and drove around to see the stars' homes, but that's the extent of my direct experience in Hollywood. Justin Cronin agobusdirect Change image and share on social
Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you struggle to write and have to write 50 times. Justin Cronin bookchallengefigure Change image and share on social
I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L.A. and I'm like everyone else wandering around in a daze hoping I see movie stars. I write the novels that the movies are based on, and that feels like enough of a job for me. Justin Cronin basebusinessdaze share on social
If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you're already writing it for film, because the only way to do it well is to use some of the same tricks. They're rhetorical, not visual, but it's the same move. Justin Cronin actionfilmgood share on social
I like to break left when people think I'm going to go right. Justin Cronin breakleavepeople Change image and share on social
I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad. Justin Cronin broadecumenicalfiction Change image and share on social
One of the things you get to do as a writer is that you get to learn new stuff all the time, and I hope that I'm a better writer when I'm 70 than I was when I was 30. That's one of the great things about a literary career. Justin Cronin careergreathope share on social
And indeed, I am a warmhearted and thoroughly domestic man who gets up and makes pancakes for his children and kisses them on the head when he sends them off to their day. Justin Cronin childdaydomestic Change image and share on social
I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid. Justin Cronin apekidobsess Change image and share on social