I think that 'Vinyl''s faster-paced. I think 'Boardwalk' was much more luxurious in its storytelling.
I dont like any of them, because they don't read the books. In Kiss Me Deadly my story is better than his story. Anthony Quinn played in The Lond Wait and he didn't read the book either.
Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.
'Push' had a story, 'The Paperboy' story you could just throw up in the air and shoot holes through the book because the story wasn't as strong. But I felt the characters were stronger in 'The Paperboy'; they were vivid.
I have no very sophisticated understanding of literary forms. Short stories are shorter than novels, and poems are typically shorter than either, though not always.
No story ever looks as bad as the story you've just bought; no story ever looks as good as the story the other fellow just bought.
I think of 'Liar & Spy' as completely different and actually not at all like a 'When You Reach Me'-type story. I feel like 'Liar & Spy' has a much quieter, more emotional revelation.
He wants to put his story next to hers.
Dance stories, unlike those in opera, are usually simple.
I wish people were willing to dig a little deeper than the surface elements of a premise before tossing one story in with another.
