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Screenwriting is an opportunity to fly first class, be treated like a celebrity, sit around the pool and be betrayed.

Ian Mcewan

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Ian Mcewan
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 21
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Film Producer
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Screenwriter
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Belfast
Ireland
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And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.
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A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.
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It's the essence of a degenerating mind periodically, to lose all sense of continuous self, and therefore any regard for what others think of your lack of continuity.
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Now, I'm an atheist. I really don't believe for a moment that our moral sense comes from a god.
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Let his name be cleared and everyone else adjust their thinking. He had put in time, now they must do the work. His business was simple. Find Cecilia and love her, marry her and live without shame.
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I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
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Find you, love you, marry you, and live without shame.
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I think the novel, its business is the investigation of human nature.
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