Childhood Quote by Hale Appleman
“I started reading and fell in love with the worlds and characters Lev Grossman created. I'm taken with his exploration of an idealized childhood fantasy through the lens of adulthood, or coming into adulthood.”
![“And I wanted to do a movie [Moonrise Kingdom] about a childhood romance - a very powerful experience of childhood romance. About what it's like to just be blindsided, when you're in fifth grade or sixth grade, by these kinds of feelings. Along the way, I sort of mixed in some interest in "young…” quote by Wes Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d89/wes-anderson-9598_adults_and-i-wanted-to-do-a-movie-moonrise-king_1805520.jpg)
![“I started with "Pickman's Model," because it was about Boston. I mean, what I loved about [H. P. Lovecraft], at first is his sense of scholarship of an area, setting an environment, enlivening it. I think that's one of the secrets of writing.” quote by Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c64/paul-laffoley-7077_areas_i-started-with-pickman-s-model-because-i_699330.jpg)
![“I think for Lev [Grossman], C. S. Lewis was a huge inspiration from his childhood. I know that Brideshead Revisited is a book that he's incredibly found of and he took certain structural influences from that book that he brought into The Magicians.” quote by Hale Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab7/hale-appleman-26449_book_i-think-for-lev-grossman-c-s-lewis-was-a_39261.jpg)
![“My intention is always to honor the character that Lev [Grossman] created in the books and my greatest concern, honestly, is that the fans of the books will embrace me as this character that they've imagined in their heads.” quote by Hale Appleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c3b/hale-appleman-26449_book_my-intention-is-always-to-honor-the-char_386467.jpg)
