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> [I've written original material before, where I've come up with the idea and the characters myself, and that's definitely very different to working with someone else's characters and stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/i-ve-written-original-material-before-where-i-ve-come-up-with-the/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

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> [Really original material is quite hard to find.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/really-original-material-is-quite-hard-to-find/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

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## More by Alex Garland

> [The first draft of 'Ex Machina' is extremely different than the finished film. That would be like 10% of the original draft stayed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/the-first-draft-of-ex-machina-is-extremely-different-than-the/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> ['The Beach' novel, in my mind, was, in some respects, subversive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/the-beach-novel-in-my-mind-was-in-some-respects-subversive/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [Dream life, I realized, was only confusing when you were awake. It was from the perspective of waking life that dream life seemed fractured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/dream-life-i-realized-was-only-confusing-when-you-were-awake-it-was/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [Of course witnessing poverty was the first to be ticked off the list. Then I had to graduate to the more obscure stuff. Being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/of-course-witnessing-poverty-was-the-first-to-be-ticked-off-the-list/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [“That was longer than a heartbeat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/that-was-longer-than-a-heartbeat/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [The truth is, I hadn't grown up really wanting to be a writer. The whole thing was a weird aberration in some ways, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/the-truth-is-i-hadn-t-grown-up-really-wanting-to-be-a-writer-the/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [If someone says Wes Anderson is an auteur, I'll believe it 100 percent. Fine. He's an auteur, but I'm not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/if-someone-says-wes-anderson-is-an-auteur-i-ll-believe-it-100-percent/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [“Moshe was an Israeli with an ear-slitting laugh. He used it in the same way as a madman uses a gun, spraying it around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/moshe-was-an-israeli-with-an-ear-slitting-laugh-he-used-it-in-the/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [I've never been to Comic-Con, but I'm certainly aware from this side of the Atlantic that it's a very important part of film marketing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/i-ve-never-been-to-comic-con-but-i-m-certainly-aware-from-this-side/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [Vietnam, me love you long time. All day, all night, me love you long time. (...) Dropping acid on the Mekong Delta, smoking grass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/vietnam-me-love-you-long-time-all-day-all-night-me-love-you-long-time/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [Personally I don't think there's any real intrinsic difference between comic books, movies, theatre, novels. I know there's sure to be some differences of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/personally-i-don-t-think-there-s-any-real-intrinsic-difference/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [Tourists went on holidays while travellers did something else. They travelled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/tourists-went-on-holidays-while-travellers-did-something-else-they/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [I carry a lot of scars. I like the way that sounds. I carry a LOT of scars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/i-carry-a-lot-of-scars-i-like-the-way-that-sounds-i-carry-a-lot-of/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [“You never listen to me anymore. Before, if I was talking to you, you would always listen. But now you have no time to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/you-never-listen-to-me-anymore-before-if-i-was-talking-to-you-you/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

> [Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherfucker in the valley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-garland/though-i-walk-through-the-valley-of-death-i-will-fear-no-evil-for-i/)

[Alex Garland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-garland/)

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