I write movies about mavericks, about people who break rules, and I don’t like movies about people who are pulverised for being mavericks.
QUENTIN TARANTINOThe children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them – thus preserving the system.
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I don’t believe in putting in music as a band aid to get you over some rough parts or bad film making. If it’s there it’s got to add to it or take it to another level.
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There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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Particularly as a writer, it is my job to ignore social critics, or the response that social critics might have when it comes to the opinions of my characters, the way they talk, or anything that can happen to them.
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You can’t write poetry on the computer.
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I don’t think there’s anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards – in the life of an artist.
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Don’t write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what’s in your heart.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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If I’ve made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I’ve accomplished something.
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I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say: O.K., you’re not that good. You just reached the level here. I don’t ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.
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Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It’s just another colour to work with.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can’t ever remember a time when I didn’t.
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A movie doesn’t have to do everything. A movie just has to do a couple of things. If it does those things well and gives you a cool night at the movies, an emotion, that’s good enough.
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L.A. is so big that if you don’t actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.
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