38 Quotes by Julia Leigh

I don't think good films have messages.

I think it's restrictive to typecast myself as a novelist because I enjoy other forms of expression. I love literature and I love cinema.

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.

I, myself, don't like to see a film on Friday night and then forget it by the next day.

It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.

I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something.