I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my brain. Both directors combine moral seriousness with great artistry and, certainly in Hitchcock's case, an enormous respect for… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the limits of personality, in the possibility of change, and the saving power of art. Do powerful works of art raise our consciousness to such a degree that we refrain from sliding into moral hazard? Do we… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“He closed his eyes, shook his head. If he could get her alone somewhere, somewhere completely private, he'd kill her. He would break a… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
The best compliment came from Knopf's Sonny Mehta. We were at lunch in New York with my editor, Gary Fisketjon, it was my first… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I play golf, but sometimes it's so un-relaxing, I have to play tennis to wind down. Now that I think about it, this process… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“...in response to whatever Alice was struggling with, whatever had caused her to withdraw from him, he had chosen the arms of another woman… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“Everyone should be lucky enough to be loved for a long time. To know what that was like--to be loved and to change, to… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I think that if you have a knack for storytelling, and you work really hard at it, you'll have a chance to tap into… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
In a crazy way, writing is a lot like any kind of very complex game - like chess, where you have the knowledge as… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I'll never forget reading Chekhov's "A Doctor's Visit" on a train to Hawthorne, New York, and I got to the end - the scene… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
'Mr. Peanut' is not about a man who dreams of killing his wife; that's jacket copy, to me. 'Mr. Peanut' is about the dynamism… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
By examining characters lighting the way to hell, as it were, are readers spared iniquity? Are stories a heeded warning, or merely an entertainment?… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my brain. Both… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“The thoughts just before the event are like the fortune in the cookie. The fortune's as random as the thought.” — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
