My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
QUENTIN TARANTINOI 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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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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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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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 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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The good ideas will survive.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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You name any horrific thing, and I can make a joke out of it.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I’m lucky enough to be in the position where I don’t make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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You don’t have to know how to make a movie. If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough passion, you can’t help but make a good movie.
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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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I am not going to tell you how I believe, but I do believe in God.
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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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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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