My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
QUENTIN TARANTINOThe children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them – thus preserving the system.
More Quentin Tarantino Quotes
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I steal from every movie ever made.
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It’s nice to get invited to the parties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues.
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To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I’m writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I’m going to play for the opening sequence.
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Violence is fun, man.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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Emotion will always win over coolness and cleverness. It’s when a scene works emotionally and it’s cool and clever, then it’s great. That’s what you want.
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Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
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I’m basically like, you know, learned pretty quickly the guy who throws the first punch usually wins, so when people gave me a hard time I just punched them.
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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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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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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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I write movies about mavericks, about people who break rules, and I don’t like movies about people who are pulverised for being mavericks.
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My parents said, Oh, he’s going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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Movies are not about the weekend that they’re released, and in the grand scheme of things, that’s probably the most unimportant time of a film’s life.
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