I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
QUENTIN TARANTINOMovies 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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All my movies are achingly personal.
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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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I 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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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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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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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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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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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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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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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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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 loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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If I’ve made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I’ve accomplished something.
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The children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them – thus preserving the system.
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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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