About Quote by Julia Leigh

“All this talk about writing is a little bit moot, because it is almost an unthinking process. It is actually a paradox because you are constantly making choices.”

Julia Leigh

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I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've…

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I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.

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It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.

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I always find it extremely hard to remember the act of beginning. I almost deliberately forget it.

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The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.

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I don't think good films have messages.

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Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

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One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

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“Dark here comes quickly. He undresses and slips into his silky cold sleeping bag. Up above, the clouds mask the stars and the moon…

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Work infuses my whole life. My creative life is my real life, so it's hard to separate.

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We stitch together our days and edit out our nights.

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I think patients and doctors alike minimise the physical, emotional, and financial toll of IVF.

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