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 Read Quote
I never feel more myself than when I’m writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
I was one of five very clever kids, the other kids were cleverer than I was and still are and are very achieving. The girls were always first at everything and I was always 101st! Anthony Minghella Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Of course, like all film-makers I’ve been mesmerised by cinema since I was a child. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs. Anthony Minghella Read Quote
