Quotation by

Paul Thomas Anderson

It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out, I got a job adapting a book by Russell Banks called 'Rule Of The Bone.' I didn't do a very good job. I didn't really know what I was doing in general, let alone how to adapt a book.

Advertisement

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Paul Thomas Anderson is reflecting on his early experience working alone and feeling inexperienced while adapting a book into a script. He admits that he struggled because he lacked both general skills and specific knowledge about adapting written work to film.

More by this author

All quotes by Paul Thomas Anderson →

More quotes about Alone

See all →
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm.
I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans.

Advertisement

I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.