Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis
Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBEis a New Zealand-born English screenwriter, producer and film director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill, and Love Actually, as well as the hit sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley. He is also the co-founder of the British charity Comic Relief along with Lenny Henry...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth8 November 1956
CityWellington, New Zealand
We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And there's very little we can do about that.
We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!
I want to be open about it because I think I've got to the point where I have no choice,
Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule.
Really, it's a white drug at this point. Those are the only real large category of new users that we can find.
We've been very hard put to find new initiates among African Americans. It has really been very difficult. It's like finding a needle in a haystack for us.
My patients have been very supportive, ... Because I had been dressing quite androgynously for some time, 99.9 per cent of them didn't even comment. One of them asked me if I'd had a haircut.
The idea is to get people in with the romance, ... so I kept one foot in the old camp.
No one likes it, apart from blind people, and I'm sure even they can sense it's profound ugliness as it passes by.
You know, a few months ago, I made a terrible mistake. I realized something, and instead of crushing the thought the moment it came I... I let it hang on, and now I know it to be true. And I'm afraid it's stuck in my head forever. These are the best days of our lives. It's a terrible thing to know, but I know it.
Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there: lighter blue and blowing through the blues and blackness the winds swirling through the air and then shining, burning, bursting through: the stars! And you see how they roar their light. Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.
The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.
The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers.
I gave you three proofs of witchcraft. A cat that drinks blood! A horse that talks! And a man who propagates POODLES!