Audience Quote by Curtis Hanson

Michael Chabon has long moved easily between the playful, heartfelt realism of novels like 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh' and 'Wonder Boys' and his playful,…

— Cathleen Schine

The challenge was the opportunity. When I read the first draft of Steve Kloves' fabulous adaptation - I hadn't read [Michael] Chabon's book at…

— Curtis Hanson

I read the script for Wonder Boys, and I said that was almost perfect, it was so classy, cool and funny. It's a really…

— Robert Downey, Jr

I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, 'That was fun.' It's hardly…

— Michael Palmer

“In [Bloom's] having managed to sustain his curiosity about the people and the world around him after thirty-eight years of familiarity and routine that…

— Michael Chabon

Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a…

— Madeleine Stowe

I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

— Michael Chabon

I think of the biopics I've written as exploring a more grown-up side of myself, through other characters' lives.

— Dustin Lance Black

“I feel that the characters in my book, if they were real, would be like, "Seriously, another plot twist?”

— Kaya Carvajal

The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision — plus it's a lot of fun to read.

— Myla Goldberg

On the surface, Wonder Boys seemed like such a departure from L.A. Confidential - it's funny, it's contemporary, and so on - and yet…

— Curtis Hanson