Anthony Minghella Quotes

The main event is freedom. I often wonder if I had the complete freedom to not have to write, if I would write. That's the one mystery that I hope I get to experience. It might be a good idea to retire, since as this delusion of an economy progresses, it seems that if you make ten grand a year or a hundred grand a year, there's absolutely no difference.

As a writer, you are free.

It's nice to really have the freedom to write what I want.

Freedom is the basic prerequisite for writing.

I never realized how much I cherished having creative freedom.

For me, it is freedom, freedom from everything: when I write, I'm not a woman. I'm not a Muslim. I'm not a Moroccan. I can reinvent myself, and I can reinvent the world.

I had a lot more creative freedom back in the day.

All talent needs is credibility and the freedom to create. That is all. That's what will make the talent happy, that's what makes me happy to this day.

I've gone more than 40 years without having to use an alarm clock or go to an office. At this point, I don't think I'd be capable of not writing. I don't think I could deprive myself of that sky. It would be like putting an animal in a cage.

I think a person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. Work begins when you don't like what you're doing. There's a wise saying: make your hobby your source of income. Then there's no such thing as work, and there's no such thing as getting tired. That's been my own experience. I did just what I wanted to do. It takes a little courage at first, because who the hell wants you to do just what you want to do; they've all got lots of plans for you. But you can make it happen.

I actually think leaving your children alone to fantasize, to write, to make projects on their own is good for them. Breathing down their necks is a form of control. Children should have their own space.

See, the thing is, as a writer you are free. You are about the freest person that ever was. Your freedom is what you have bought with your solitude, your loneliness.

It's exciting to watch people do and write and say what they feel like doing, writing and saying.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

Writing is something I can do by myself.

Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.

Nobody owns me or my music.

I write because it feels good, and I don't have a deadline, and I don't have people telling me what they want me to write. Maybe if I did, I wouldn't be very good at it.

The pen is very quick for getting stuff from your brain to the page. I can do hieroglyphics in the margin. There are days when I really enjoy the flow of ink. I mean, nice pen, ink straight on to the page.

I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that?

Podcasting is great. Total freedom.

I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into prose and tell different kinds of stories and stuff. But being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody.

I'm spoiled. All of my adult jobs have left me with complete freedom to come up with what I wanted.

I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.