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"Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters."

"With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless."

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."

"Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

"I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories."
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"I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word."

"The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle."

"The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create."

"Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status."

"I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money."

"Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills."
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