Facts about Nigel Kneale

Occup.Writer
FromEngland
BornApril 18, 1922
Age101 years

Summary

Nigel Kneale is a famous Writer from England, he/she is 101 years old and still alive, born April 18, 1922.

Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by Nigel.

16 Famous quotes by Nigel Kneale

Small: I dont judge other peoples work and I dont see enough of it either
"I don't judge other people's work and I don't see enough of it either"
Small: Big Brother sounded like a silly stunt and thats what it is
"Big Brother sounded like a silly stunt and that's what it is"
Small: The trick is the paradox - turning your story inside out. Now if it is something that appears to be of
"The trick is the paradox - turning your story inside out. Now if it is something that appears to be of total normality and then suddenly turns inside out and is a different thing all together then that's fun to write"
Small: Nothing could be recorded in those days except by aiming a movie camera at the television screen.
"Nothing could be recorded in those days except by aiming a movie camera at the television screen. It was at least another 10 years before they had any kind of recording medium"
Small: I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewers attention
"I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer's attention"
Small: The only folk I can judge are people like Woody Allen who I think is a genius, largely because I think
"The only folk I can judge are people like Woody Allen who I think is a genius, largely because I think he has beaten the system. He has his own company, and his films are all his own ideas. It's his direction, and so it comes out the way he imagined it"
Small: All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise youre just playing about
"All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about"
Small: Something like The Haunting is not worth the slightest consideration from me
"Something like The Haunting is not worth the slightest consideration from me"
Small: Id never seen any television before I started
"I'd never seen any television before I started"
Small: I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s
"I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s"
Small: You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to writ
"You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to write. The viewer thinks it's going to be about something and it does the opposite"
Small: You get to Hollywood and you are in the land of big money where they dont like to see only one screenwr
"You get to Hollywood and you are in the land of big money where they don't like to see only one screenwriter's name. It's much better if you've got four or five"
Small: Im in my 80s and not a keen television fan
"I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan"
Small: I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories
"I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories"
Small: People who believe in flying saucers are the scrapings from the bottom
"People who believe in flying saucers are the scrapings from the bottom"
Small: I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway
"I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway"