Graeme Simsion
Graeme Simsion
Graeme C. Simsion FACS is an Australian author, screenwriter, playwright and data modeller...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionAuthor
comedic coming dramas funny iconic modern occasional secondary
Interestingly for me, modern rom coms have not always been funny - many of the iconic rom coms are more like light dramas with occasional comedic moments, often coming from secondary character.
I am happy that I'm a better novelist than a screenwriter.
bring definitely form host online people relationship role staff store
There's definitely a role for online booksellers, but they can't host events, bring people together, and form a personal relationship in the way a bricks-and-mortar store and its staff can.
bookstore
I am a big advocate of the role of the bookstore in the community.
comedies romantic
A lot of romantic comedies are just light romantic dramas, or the comedy comes off second-best.
father men forever
Our first relationship with a male is with our fathers. It affects how we relate to men forever.
selfish character emotional
I watched as Humphrey Bogart’s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship with Ingrid Bergman’s character, and chose logic and decency ahead of his selfish emotional desires. The quandary and resulting decision made for an engrossing film. But this was not what people cried about. They were in love and could not be together. I repeated this statement to myself, trying to force an emotional reaction. I couldn’t. I didn’t care. I had enough problems of my own.
daughter mother new-york
If Rosie’s mother had known that eye colour was not a reliable indicator of paternity, and organised a DNA test to confirm her suspicions, there would have been no Father Project, no Great Cocktail Night, no New York Adventure, no Reform Don Project—and no Rosie Project. Had it not been for this unscheduled series of events, her daughter and I would not have fallen in love. And I would still be eating lobster every Tuesday night. Incredible.
wind risk limits
I could not see the speedometer, and was not accustomed to travelling in an open vehicle, but I estimated that we were consistently exceeding the speed limit. Discordant sound, wind, risk of death—I tried to assume the mental state that I used at the dentist.
years fifteen add
So, to add to a momentous day, I corrected a misconception that my family had held for at least fifteen years and came out to them as straight.
beautiful men next-day
Gene told me the next day that I got it wrong. But he was not in a taxi, after an evening of total sensory overload, with the most beautiful woman in the world. I believed I did well. I detected the trick question. I wanted Rosie to like me, and I remembered her passionate statement about men treating women as objects. She was testing to see if I saw her as an object or as a person. Obviously the correct answer was the latter. ‘I haven’t really noticed,’ I told the most beautiful woman in the world.
song mars finals
I know this song!’ Rosie laughed. ‘If you didn’t, that’d be the final proof that you’re from Mars.
writing novel screenplays
I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.
technology ideas long
I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas than with people.