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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.

Quentin Tarantino

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
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 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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Break Movie Myself People Rule Writing
I steal from every movie ever made.
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Day Movie Myself Steal Theft
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
I’ve always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
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Himself Movie Myself Writing
If you want to make a movie, make it. Don’t wait for a grant, don’t wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.
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Circumstance Determination Movie Yourself
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
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
I’m basically like, you know, learned pretty quickly the guy who throws the first punch usually wins, so when people gave me a hard time I just punched them.
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Learning Myself People Quick Win
I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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Myself Story Strength Talk Thinking
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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Death Enough God Movie Myself Pay Position Religion
All my movies are achingly personal.
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Heart Broken Movie Personal
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
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

As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.

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