Anthony Minghella

The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#belonging #entirely #feeling #hostage #me

As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#music #obsessed #performing #songs #teenager

Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#incredibly #make #sometimes #you

I always listen to music, my passion and vice is music, I will be denied access to heaven because of the number of CDs I own, and I have gluttony for all types and colours of music. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#always #because #cds #colours #denied

I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#books #good #good movies #hold #i

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#am #direct #director #films #found

I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#believed #films #i #need

I never feel more myself than when I'm writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#day #enjoy #feel #good #good writing

I was one of five very clever kids, the other kids were cleverer than I was and still are and are very achieving. The girls were always first at everything and I was always 101st! ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#always #clever #everything #first #five

I work fitfully, in hope rather than in expectation, invent methods which last a week, and fill notebooks with tiny, illegible writing which often defies my own attempts to decipher it. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#decipher #defies #expectation #fill #hope