My parents said, Oh, he’s going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
QUENTIN TARANTINOJust because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
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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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Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I’m not interested in, I can’t even feign interest.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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You can’t write poetry on the computer.
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The children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them – thus preserving the system.
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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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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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The easiest way to kill a cult is to make that cult accessible.
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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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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’ve always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
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The good ideas will survive.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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I don’t have to play the song all the way to the very end – I use it while it’s good and while it’s cool and while it’s exciting, and then I get out.
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