1.
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
Gerald Seymour
2.
I don't tend to redraft, I will try to tidy it up, but basically I feel what I write down first has got the impetus, it may be clumsy, it may be repetitive, but a good editor can take that out. That first writing bit is the best thing you will do.
Gerald Seymour
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The desire to succeed has a lot less compulsion than the fear of failure.
Gerald Seymour
4.
Very rarely does anyone say that the TV is better than the book.
Gerald Seymour
5.
Research, for me, it's trying to get a mood, a mood of a place and style of people and it's also trying to boost my confidence and get the adrenalin flowing. I go off on my trips to odd places and dark corners, feeling somewhat apprehensive and nervous.
Gerald Seymour
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I am one of the world's dreadful technophobes. I was on the internet, but it's broken down and I've unplugged it.
Gerald Seymour
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I'm not a journalist any more. I don't have to stick a microphone up somebody's nostril and I don't have a camera lens behind my shoulder, I think people talk to me in a much franker way.
Gerald Seymour
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I usually am accused of having a crystal ball into which I can gaze and look into the future.
Gerald Seymour
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We all hope that TV will bring something added to the book - not just an audience - it will bring an interpretation and skills that you may not have as a writer.
Gerald Seymour