"What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering."

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"What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering."

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"I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work."

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"I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out."

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