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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.

Quentin Tarantino

My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
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Character Myself Obligation
One can be inclined to just say, “F this political correctness! I don’t have time for that!”
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Correct Myself Politics Time
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 believe in elitism. I don’t think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.
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Audience Believe Elite Low Myself Person Thinking
If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.
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Answer Myself Question Scare
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
In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.
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Bad Day Life Perspective Reality
Pigs are filthy animals. I don’t eat filthy animals.
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Animal Eat Food Myself
Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
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Character Yourself
I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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History Love Movie Myself Perspective See
All my movies are achingly personal.
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Heart Broken Movie Personal
My parents said, Oh, he’s going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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Actor Director Job Myself Parents
I try not to get analytical in the writing process. I try to just kind of keep the flow from my brain to my hand as far as the pen is concerned and go with the moment and go with my guts.
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Brain Flow Kind Moments Myself Process Try Writing
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
That’s how it always is with me: the thing that sets me down to start writing is usually not what I end up doing. Because, as much as I love genre, and I try to deliver the goods, I go off from it. I go do my own thing.
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Deliver End Genre Love Myself Start Try 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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