“I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book.”
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For 'So Cold the River, ' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The Fighter, ' and who also wrote '8 Mile, ' which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and I'm learning a lot.
You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us.
If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.
Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.
