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"Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused."
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"What if I were seeking a hardcopy? A book I can bury my nose in metaphorically and literally if I'm a self-confessed book-sniffer and proud to say so."

"I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers."

"Even a book with completely empty pages will change you because you will start thinking about the reason behind this emptiness and once you enter the thinking territory it means that you entered a territory of change!"

"I've read some scripts, but I don't read as many books as I should."

"The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most."

"Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October."
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"At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back."

"Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in."

"I think video games and that stuff should be as violent as possible, but age-appropriate. It should be realistic. When it's not realistic you run into kids running around shooting people and not realizing the consequences."

"As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it."

"If you ask any person on this crew what they think of Hugh Jackman they'll admit they've never seen anything like it. I'll give him an emotional note and he'll hit it every time."

"I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion."

"To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't think is a good ride."

"I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore."

"There's always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If 'Pi' didn't work out, I have no idea what my career would be. I don't think I would have gotten another shot at it. If 'Requiem for a Dream' didn't work out, they would have called me a 'one-hit wonder with a sophomore slump'."
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