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.
QUENTIN TARANTINOI 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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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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I don’t believe in elitism. I don’t think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.
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You name any horrific thing, and I can make a joke out of it.
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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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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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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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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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When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, ‘no, I went to films.’
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I’ve always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they’re basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I’d make for you at home.
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I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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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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The easiest way to kill a cult is to make that cult accessible.
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One thing I don’t understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they’ll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours. Now, that is boredom at its most colossal.
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If I’m doing my job right, then I’m not writing the dialogue; the characters are saying the dialogue, and I’m just jotting it down.
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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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