Because Quote by Peter Hedges

“A novel is challenging, because you have more story than you need and you have to select and narrow.”

Peter Hedges

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There was a part of me that wanted to take my place next to, you know, Debra Granik. She's such a hero for me.

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Ultimately what I try to do is work on stories I love with people I admire, and sometimes they get made and sometimes they…

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I want to make a series of films of contemporary America that feel urgent and deal with sometimes-topical matters, but hopefully in a universal…

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Let the story lead you. If the story needs to be dark, let it go dark. If it's a sweet, good-for-the-world story, that's what…

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GOOD AS NEW was born out of the idea of writing a play where the stakes were high and the collisions were of a…

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There are sections of the film that I don't love. There are moments that really lift and elevate, and then there are parts that…

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I'm looking, often, towards younger people, listening to how they're working, at least they're trying, and some of the old greats, too. Just to…

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I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.

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I once heard a story, it's probably apocryphal, but I love the notion. That a car had flipped over and the baby was trapped…

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“A man who works all day, every day and loves each apple he uncrates, who cherishes each can of soup - a man like…

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Everything good in my life can be traced back to my mother's sobriety. She showed me that broken people can - with the help…

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Writing a really good screenplay is not easy. It can be a very punishing form.

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