I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - constantly doubting ourselves, worrying, wondering if we've made a mistake. Could we have done better? Are we good people? Are we bad people?
I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.
The idea is this: It's important to upset one's work habits, to topple the cart for each project.
I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.
I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
