Author Profile
Jane Goldman
1970 • English • Writer
57
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 57 quotesThe only moment I become aware of being the only woman in a meeting is when actresses are being discussed. If someone's critical of how a woman looks, they turn to me and apologize.— Jane Goldman
I always was passionate about science fiction and horror, and my parents enjoyed that as well.— Jane Goldman
If you disapprove of violence, then you can't think there is any age when violence is appropriate.— Jane Goldman
I like looking at a book and asking myself, 'How do I replicate that experience I just had as a reader?'— Jane Goldman
I see my role as a translator, telling the story that's in the book using the more visual language of film.— Jane Goldman
I've always been drawn to spooky things, to the unusual, to things that are dark but in a friendly way.— Jane Goldman
I was into Alan Moore and Frank Miller. I was a teenager when all those books where coming out for the first time - 'Watchmen,' 'V for Vendetta.' It was a great time to get into comics.— Jane Goldman
I love my work, but my home life is so fulfilling that I don't tend to be driven by work ambitions.— Jane Goldman
I was so clear on the fact that I wanted to be a journalist that I asked my parents if I could go to a tutorial college to do my O-levels early, which I did when I was 13.— Jane Goldman
I enjoy the medium of film, and I think I understand it well, and I like working with directors, so yeah, I think I'll stick with this.— Jane Goldman
I think most of the time you can make something happen, and it's about not letting your imagination be limited by that.— Jane Goldman