We keep a journal to entrap that collection of selves that forms us, the individual human being.
William BoydI have teken refuge in the doctrine that advises one not to seek tranquility in certainty but in permanently suspended judgement.
William BoydDo we change every time we have a new encounter? Are we endlessly mutable? I think these are fascinating questions: it's a rich vein to tap, and I don't think I have exhausted it fully yet.
William BoydWriting a film - more precisely, adapting a book into a film - is basically a relentless series of compromises. The skill, the "art," is to make those compromises both artistically valid and essentially your own. . . . It has been said before but is worth reiterating: writing a novel is like swimming in the sea; writing a film is like swimming in the bath.
William Boyd