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Nigel Kneale Quotes

Nigel Kneale quotes

English Writer April 18, 1922

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Nigel Kneale quote: "Big Brother sounded like a silly stunt and that's what it is."
Big Brother sounded like a silly stunt and that's what it is. Nigel Kneale
Nothing could be recorded in those days except by aiming a movie camera at the television screen. It was at least another 10 years before they had any kind of recording medium. Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale quote: "I don't judge other people's work and I don't see enough of it..."
I don't judge other people's work and I don't see enough of it either. Nigel Kneale
The trick is the paradox - turning your story inside out. Now if it is something that appears to be of total normality and then suddenly turns inside out and is a different thing all together then that's fun to write. Nigel Kneale
The only folk I can judge are people like Woody Allen who I think is a genius, largely because I think he has beaten the system. He has his own company, and his films are all his own ideas. It's his direction, and so it comes out the way he imagined it. Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale quote: "People who believe in flying saucers are the scrapings from..."
People who believe in flying saucers are the scrapings from the bottom. Nigel Kneale
You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to write. The viewer thinks it's going to be about something and it does the opposite. Nigel Kneale
You get to Hollywood and you are in the land of big money where they don't like to see only one screenwriter's name. It's much better if you've got four or five. Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale quote: "All stories should have some honesty and truth in them,..."
All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about. Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale quote: "I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway."
I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway. Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale quote: "I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer's attention."
I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer's attention. Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale quote: "I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of..."
I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s. Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale quote: "I made a rule for myself that the only television things I..."
I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories. Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale quote: "I'd never seen any television before I started."
I'd never seen any television before I started. Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale quote: "I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan."
I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan. Nigel Kneale

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