American - Novelist | September 25, 1970 -
I've never flown a kite.
David Benioff
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It's always easiest for me as a writer if I know I have a great ending. It can make everything else work. If you don't have a good ending, it's the hardest things in the world to come up with one. I always loved the ending of 'The Kite Runner,' and the scenes that are most faithful to the book are the last few scenes.
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Some of my happiest childhood memories are going to the movies with my dad and seeing whatever was out that week. In 1977, when I was 7, it was 'Star Wars.' That was a life-changer.
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Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts.
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My favorite food in the world is hard shell crabs from Maryland.
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Once you realise that heroes die, everything becomes that much more terrifying.
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Fiction novels, that's my game.
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It is actually a lot harder to sit down and write from A to Z. But for me at least, it's the only way I can do it, at this point, with any moderate success.
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I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue.
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And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter. And I think, again, if I didn't have the novels, maybe I'd be much more frustrated by not having directed yet.
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With the movies, people are not going to wait around. The deadline is a deadline. In publishing it's more a polite suggestion.
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I'm just not a natural teacher.
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