Negative voices, negative people

"All the negative voices, all the negative people that you meet do not think that they are negative on creative people. They think they are helping you. They are doing it out of a genuine sense of concern and care. They think they are helping you avoid pain and disappointment and humiliation, and [actually] all they're doing is stifling you.” (Patton Oswalt)

Alex Garland on creative differences

“I completely ignore that aspect of it. The way I approach these things is with transparency. I never bullshit fucking anybody about what my intention is. I say, ‘Here is the script, the script is not a pretend script, it’s the actual script. Here are some visuals, too.’ The way I see it from that point is that if they agree to make the film, then it becomes like a contract. Importantly, that contract is not open to being broken later. There’s a creative agreement. If people do have a problem, and that’s find if they do, but the time to express that is early, not late.” (Alex Garland)