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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.

Quentin Tarantino

Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn’t mean I’m anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people.
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Justice People Police Protest Shoot
If you love cinema as much as I do, and not many people do, and if you are focused and actually have something to offer, you will get somewhere with it.
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Focus Love Movie Offering People Yourself
To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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Myself Novel Paper Pen Pieces
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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Basic Goodness Home Professional Sound Thinking Yourself
I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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Myself Story Strength Talk Thinking
If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it’s because I put the character first.
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Actor Collaboration Magic Myself
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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Big Different Live Planet Yourself
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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Bad Believe Level Movie Music Myself Rough
My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
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Character Myself Obligation
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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Heart People Reading Thinking Voice Writing Yourself
I’m very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I’ve never really considered myself a writer.
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Goodness Happiness Myself Style Writing
I don’t judge my characters, and that’s my job not to judge them. It’s my job to treat them with respect and to just look at it from their point of view.
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Character Job Judgement Myself Point View
A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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Reveal Secret Truth Voice Writing Yourself
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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Celebration Invitation Job Party Yourself
As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are.
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Demand Myself Right Thinking Truth Writing
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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Clever Cool Emotion Greatness Win Yourself

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