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 TARANTINOSomething stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I’m not interested in, I can’t even feign interest.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can’t ever remember a time when I didn’t.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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I steal from every movie ever made.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say: O.K., you’re not that good. You just reached the level here. I don’t ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.
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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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You name any horrific thing, and I can make a joke out of it.
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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it’s because I put the character first.
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A movie doesn’t have to do everything. A movie just has to do a couple of things. If it does those things well and gives you a cool night at the movies, an emotion, that’s good enough.
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In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.
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My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
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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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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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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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