Michael Tolkin
Michael Tolkin
Michael L. Tolkinis an American filmmaker and novelist. He has written numerous screenplays, including The Player, which he adapted from his novel of the same name, and for which he received the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. The Return of the Player, followed...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth17 October 1950
CountryUnited States of America
Michael Tolkin quotes about
taken culture impossible
It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.
daughter monday car
On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.
father successful shock
One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful writer, he earned a living. And it was a shock for me to find out that it was actually hard to make a living as a writer.