Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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From time to time there is a move to do a little less in the way of period dramas, but people rebel. Audiences say we want them. There is a big hunger for them. I don't think it's sentimentality or nostalgia, it's often that they are simply the best stories.

Andrew Davies's Popular Quotes

Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.

- Andrew Davies

Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.

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I had a very high opinion of my father's judgement of things and he said, "You better get a job that pays the bills because a writer doesn't make any…

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As a fairly innocent teenager, growing up in a village in Wales, I just thought, "God, I would like to go and hang about Soho and write great poetry …

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I'm absolutely delighted if people think of me as a reliable purveyor of quality period stuff.

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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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I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed up.

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I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

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You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.

- Andrew Davies