The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones.
“To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience.”
“A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.”