Author: David Farr

Quotes

I would say what you have to do as a screenwriter is strip the book back to find the skeleton. When you've found the skeleton - that's what you trust - you reclothe.

I would say what you have to do as a screenwriter is strip the book back to find the skeleton. When you've found the skeleton - that's what you trust - you reclothe.

- David Farr

Theatre is a bastard form. I'm always proud of that. That's what makes it taste of life.

Theatre is a bastard form. I'm always proud of that. That's what makes it taste of life.

- David Farr

I think Le Carre is a great modernist writer, which is to say, in a godless world, he invokes deep, almost religious ideas of betrayal, trust, faith, and that's why we love it.

I think Le Carre is a great modernist writer, which is to say, in a godless world, he invokes deep, almost religious ideas of betrayal, trust, faith, and that's why we love it.

- David Farr

'Game of Thrones' is fundamentally based on a Machiavellian, almost Jacobean, idea of power and intrigue.

'Game of Thrones' is fundamentally based on a Machiavellian, almost Jacobean, idea of power and intrigue.

- David Farr

You can't cast Hittites as Trojans; I'd love to do it, but sadly, there are none available!

You can't cast Hittites as Trojans; I'd love to do it, but sadly, there are none available!

- David Farr

The 'Ramayana' explores the limits of secular freedom and the limits of religion.

The 'Ramayana' explores the limits of secular freedom and the limits of religion.

- David Farr

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