Ask the Author: Peter Liney
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Peter Liney
They opened her up because they thought she had a dog inside her. It wasn't a dog, but something had caused one helluva mess.
Peter Liney
I don't know. I"m convinced I wouldn't be as good a writer, if I did.
Peter Liney
From the universe inside my head and the messages that keep getting sent in there.
Peter Liney
A new film script, but it's far too soon, far to raw, far too vulnerable, to say more than that
Peter Liney
Write, write, write. Believe, believe, believe. Never give up, and don't worry about being wrong - you're probably not. Oh, and remember that everyone has to justify their existence.
Peter Liney
Inventing a world, inventing its inhabitants, being master/mistress of all. This is why, of course, writers have a God-complex.
Peter Liney
To be honest, I have never experienced it, nor am I even sure it exists. Though sometimes in the winter when it's cold and I don't want to get out of bed, or in the summer and I've wanted to go to the beach, I have shown some symptoms.
Peter Liney
I could answer this in all kinds of ways; everything from the wayward intensity of Cathy and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights to the unspoken intensity (and passion!) of the 'non-couple' in Wong Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love. But really, the truth is - and how could it be any other way? - my favourite fictional couple are Clancy and Lena of The Detainee Trilogy. I love the fact that they turn all their disadvantages into a perfect balance; that as a couple they have no disadvantages; that they will do whatever is necessary to survive.
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