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"When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it."
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"You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least beans you possibly can. So because I had already written historical fiction before I was really good at the spilling beans section, but the new skill I had to learn when I was writing Brighton Belle was difficult. I had to avoid the equivalent of shouting, "this character's a murderer! Look who did it!."
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"Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me."
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"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."
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"We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of symbols including those supplied by nature and religion, which touch upon the mystical and spiritual aspects of life. Symbols inspire enduring hope by formulating idealist expectations."
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"I'm a fairly undisciplined writer."
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"Writing is the supreme solace."
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"Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person."
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"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
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"Pour your heart onto the page."
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"You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough."
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"Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns."
Influence
"I'm a historian in my own mind."
Mind
"Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room."
Film
"My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid."
Family
"To me, America is just another market."
Market
"I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie."
Character
"It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back."
Faith
"The good ideas will survive."
Creativity
"A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here."
Truth
"When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it."
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