I took two years away from making films to write a novel.
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There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?Neil Jordan
For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on.
Neil Jordan
For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.
Neil Jordan
I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like.
Neil Jordan
I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.
Neil Jordan
It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert.
Neil Jordan
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