As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight. And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.
- Justice William O. Douglas
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Dustin Hoffman was interested. So was Michael Stipe, the rock star producer of Being John Malkovich.
"I had so many people approach me about film rights," says Elliot Perlman of his prize-winning 1998 novel, Three Dollars.
"Every time I got an inquiry I got so excited. Of course, Dustin Hoffman had never heard of me or my book."
The Melbourne barrister-turned-writer quickly learnt that production companies are always scouting for "properties" on behalf of the stars, vacuuming up options on books they might one day consider making into movies.
Perhaps 10 per cent - some say 1 per cent - of optioned books make the journey from page to screen.
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