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> [I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/i-am-a-writer-who-was-able-to-direct-the-films-that-i-write/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

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## More by Anthony Minghella

> [I'm interested in stories which insist on a dog fails-to-eat-dog kind of world. I hate misanthropy, want to believe that there's a possibility that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/i-m-interested-in-stories-which-insist-on-a-dog-fails-to-eat-dog-kind/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [I was one of five very clever kids, the other kids were cleverer than I was and still are and are very achieving. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/i-was-one-of-five-very-clever-kids-the-other-kids-were-cleverer-than/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [I work fitfully, in hope rather than in expectation, invent methods which last a week, and fill notebooks with tiny, illegible writing which often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/i-work-fitfully-in-hope-rather-than-in-expectation-invent-methods/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [There's this sense of being strange, which is at the heart of every creative person. Every writer, every actor, every director knows who Ripley…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/there-s-this-sense-of-being-strange-which-is-at-the-heart-of-every/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/being-a-writer-director-can-sometimes-make-you-incredibly-blinkered/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [There's a great tradition at the BFI of giving fellowships and I thought one of the great jobs that I'd have at the BFI…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/there-s-a-great-tradition-at-the-bfi-of-giving-fellowships-and-i/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/the-only-lesson-to-extract-from-any-civil-war-is-that-it-s-pointless/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/the-problem-with-growing-up-in-a-cafe-was-the-cafe-never-closed-my/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/when-i-became-the-chair-of-the-british-film-institute-i-didn-t/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/no-studio-in-hollywood-wanted-cold-mountain-none-no-one-wanted-ripley/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [I always listen to music, my passion and vice is music, I will be denied access to heaven because of the number of CDs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/i-always-listen-to-music-my-passion-and-vice-is-music-i-will-be/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/look-at-it-this-way-if-you-write-the-novel-of-cold-mountain-it-costs/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/the-imaginative-leap-for-me-of-writing-for-women-is-no-more-difficult/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/i-have-always-believed-that-there-is-a-need-for-life-affirming-films/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

> [My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-minghella/my-grandmother-was-a-huge-influence-on-me-and-the-fact-that-there-was/)

[Anthony Minghella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-minghella/)

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