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I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, Look what Andrew has written, and I thought, Maybe I could be a writer.
Andrew Davies
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Andrew Davies
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: September 30
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I'm glad nobody has asked me to adapt 'Wuthering Heights' because I think I would make a mess of it. Everybody makes a mess of it. I think the Bronte Sisters are mad.
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Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.
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I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.
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