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.
QUENTIN TARANTINOIf there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it’s because I put the character first.
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I’ve always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they’re basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I’d make for you at home.
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The good ideas will survive.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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I don’t think there’s anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards – in the life of an artist.
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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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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it’s because I put the character first.
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My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
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Movies 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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When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, ‘no, I went to films.’
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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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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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 am not going to tell you how I believe, but I do believe in God.
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You name any horrific thing, and I can make a joke out of it.
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