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You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.
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Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.
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You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
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It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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The more playoff games and Super Bowls and things of that nature that you're in obviously is going to build your portfolio and raise your visibility.
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Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you.
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One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army.
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But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.
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If you're not cheating, you're not trying.
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
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Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
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You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.
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When you're on top, you're on top.
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I'd learned some things. I knew you weren't supposed to hold a good wine at the top - the paper bag falls off.
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You're on your own in college, but you get sheltered a little bit more with the coaching staff and everything.
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You make yourself do the physical aspects for a Christopher Nolan film!
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When you have your best stuff, it's a lot easier to pitch.
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Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides.
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That's the $64,000 question. And I would love to tell you there was an answer.
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Usually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.
