Nelson Gidding

“Adaptation is not a matter of transcription, but of transformation.”

“The writer is the first one to make something out of nothing.”

“What is not seen is more frightening than what is.”

“The first job of the screenwriter is to be a storyteller.”

“In 'The Haunting', the house was a character, a living, breathing entity.”

“Fear is a contagion, and it can be transmitted from the screen to the audience.”

“Dialogue has to serve character and plot simultaneously.”

“You have to understand the source material inside and out before you can even begin to change it.”