A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
QUENTIN TARANTINOEmotion 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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There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
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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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If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.
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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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If I’ve made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I’ve accomplished something.
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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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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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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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You name any horrific thing, and I can make a joke out of it.
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The good ideas will survive.
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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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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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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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My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I’ll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.
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