I am half-Jewish, and yet really hadn't been brought up within the Jewish faith. So I had felt culturally Jewish, if that's possible, without really understanding it. Rebecca Miller More Quotes by Rebecca Miller More Quotes From Rebecca Miller We all have to embrace the idea not to be worried about there being other women in the room. Gay men work with such solidarity. Rebecca Miller gaymenideas In a way, a lot of my work is in the re-writing once it is cast, as I adapt to the rhythms of how the roles are played out by the actors. Rebecca Miller rolesactorswriting One of the things that's good for me is that I can go from one art form to another. Rebecca Miller formi-canart When I left university I was sure that I was going to be a painter. Then I had a crisis, a revelation. I saw Dolce Vita and my mind was blown by it, by the synthesis. I realised I wanted to be a filmmaker and started making films. I was writing screenplays and couldn't get money because my work was so uncommercial. I got married and started writing fiction. What was wonderful is that it gave me my freedom because no-one can tell me I can't work. Novels have become equally important to me as films. I consider myself a storyteller and passionately engaged in both of those disciplines. Rebecca Miller disciplinemindwriting I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self. Rebecca Miller essenceselfanswers I was always very curious about other people. I would always stare and my mother would say - just please close your mouth! Rebecca Miller mouthsmotherpeople Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself. Rebecca Miller diseaseambition One of the things that's good for me is that I can go from one art form to another. Because I think if I had to write another novel now I would really not be good in my head anymore. It's too much. The frustration is so intense of knowing that this structure is right around the corner. Writing is a particular kind of frustration. Rebecca Miller frustrationwritingart I would have started writing a lot earlier if I hadn't been [Arthur Miller's daughter]. Rebecca Miller arthurdaughterwriting Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly. Rebecca Miller ridiculouspeopleworld I never had any desire to become a well-known actress. Rebecca Miller well-knownactressesdesire I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self. We learn how to be people from other people. Then you think - what's personal freedom? Is self-creation possible? This book is dedicated to a friend of mine who really did re-create herself. I didn't do that - I stayed in the circus and am a circus performer like my parents were. I did what I was raised to do - I'm glad I did but I'm fascinated by the people who managed to do something else. I was always very curious about other people. Rebecca Miller bookpeoplethinking I don't like getting patted down and taking off my shoes at the airport. Rebecca Miller airportsdown-andshoes I was an anorexic, beer drinking, class cutting, doodling, shoplifting, skater chick that was into nature, art class, and the beach. Rebecca Miller drinkingbeachart The quality of life decreases with heightened security. Rebecca Miller quality-of-lifedecreasequality I'm really interested in the minutiae of different tones and what that explains - how people's backgrounds are reflected in minute details of how they interact. It's true that I'm hypersensitive to all that. Writing is acting in the sense that you're imagining and inhabiting another. In the book I was trying to get at the root of what true acting is. Rebecca Miller writingtryingbook I've always been fascinated by the way that children and animals suffer stoically in a way that I don't think adults do. Rebecca Miller animalchildrenthinking That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children. Rebecca Miller doedoorschildren Nobody is so weird others can't identify with them. Rebecca Miller weird-stuffbeing-weird I have a great drive to make things and sometimes I forget to slow down a little. Rebecca Miller littlesforgetsometimes
