My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
QUENTIN TARANTINOI don’t think there’s anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards – in the life of an artist.
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One can be inclined to just say, “F this political correctness! I don’t have time for that!”
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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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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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If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.
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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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In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.
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Pigs are filthy animals. I don’t eat filthy animals.
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Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
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I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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All my movies are achingly personal.
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My parents said, Oh, he’s going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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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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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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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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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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