I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip is what I bothered to write down.
Alex GarlandIt slightly depends on your perspective, sort of how you look at these things, but when I sit down to write a script, I'm not planning to write a script; I'm planning to make a film, and so I only see the script as being just a step there.
Alex GarlandI can kid people, including myself, into believing that something on the page will work. But when you film it, you just think, "Oh ...".
Alex GarlandI've written original material before, where I've come up with the idea and the characters myself, and that's definitely very different to working with someone else's characters and stories.
Alex GarlandI donโt keep a travel diary. I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip is what I bothered to write down. Everything else slipped away, as though my mind felt jilted by my reliance on pen and paper. For exactly the same reason I donโt travel with a camera. My holiday becomes the snapshots and anything I forget to record is lost.
Alex Garland