79 Quotes by Terry Hayes

"I've always had a great affection for espionage stories. I like weaving them, and I like thrillers."

"It doesn't take much to get a high profile in Australia."

"Movies are a team sport now, and I want to play singles."

"The natural milieu I inhabit is more in epic storytelling."

"The problem with movies is you are over-rewarded for the work you do. It's hard to give up, and I got used to a certain lifestyle."

"We all have to take responsibility for what we say and do."

"When I was 10, my father had to go to the local library to sign a release form stating that I was allowed to borrow books from the adult section."

"I have nothing but praise for J. K. Rowling. Her contribution - apart from the books themselves, obviously - is showing writers how to interact with the 21st Century."

"I think I can speak with a degree of authority... today, the biggest driving force of movies is pace; God help you if you try to put in a scene that is about character and not plot."

"I went to Australia from England when I was right at that age when you learn to read. It's a very confronting thing, traveling halfway around the world and having a mother who was deeply unhappy at ending up in Australia, so you look for some way to find comfort, I guess, and I found it in books."