Rebecca Miller
Rebecca Miller
Rebecca Augusta Milleris an American independent filmmaker, screenwriter, film director, and novelist, known for her films Angela, Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and Maggie's Plan, all of which she wrote and directed. Miller is the daughter of Magnum photographer Inge Morath and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth15 September 1962
CityRoxbury, CT
CountryUnited States of America
I was trained to look at colour, edges, to see negative space. I honestly think my greatest influence as a writer is from Cubism - the idea of a multi-faceted, multi-perspective way of looking at things.
Writing is still a bit of a miracle - the whole process: I see the world, filter the world, write down abstract squiggles on a page which somebody is then able to connect with. I'm still amazed by it and think I always will be.
I do think it is a kind of illness in the sense that it sets you apart, it injects you with an endless, unslakable thirst to keep making the thing. The artist has to voluntarily use themselves endlessly.
I think one of the great joys of being a writer is you can transcend everything, even your own sex, what century you live in, and how you think. I found it quite natural to think as a male because I actually think that as a female, one often thinks in the mind of a male in terms of eroticism. You think about what the other person feels. So it's not that hard to imagine being that person.
I think it's very important to keep being frightened - if you're not frightening yourself, you should take a break. You need to keep experimenting. You also need to take time - that's how you do good stuff - layering and depth of knowledge.
I've always been fascinated by the way that children and animals suffer stoically in a way that I don't think adults do.
Those who have paid and put a deposit in would just have it carried over. Then, if some of the students have moved, they get a refund. I really don't mind giving the money back now, though the full amount would be hard, mainly because I have already incurred the expenses. It is hard to know how the parents feel. I would rather give them the full refund than give them a bad taste in their mouth.
I have never gone through this before and of course fear is right there. But we are just so, we believe firmly in faith and that has been what has pulled us through these months. all you can do is just have faith and hope for the best and pray that God will keep everything where it is suppose to be.
If, by chance, I cannot continue, I would refund the money. I really do love doing the cotillion because I love working with these children. It has meant a lot to me to be able to do something positive after our personal tragedy and now our community's difficulty.
We were in bed and we heard someone's fire alarm go off, started smelling smoke and looked out the window, everyone was outside, so we just rushed out and saw everything was on fire.
When they delivered him and I heard that first cry, I was like oh my gosh, this is really happening and it's a cool feeling.
They (national) would like me to postpone any decision for at least a few months. I will be in Pascagoula next weekend to check on Scranton's.
I'm thankful that everyone got out safely. You always wonder how it's going to be if it ever happens.
I am a believer that if you are going to be a member of an organization, then you should work to give back to it.