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“From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.”
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“I think sex is overrated. I don't have sex appeal and I know it. As a matter of fact, I think I'm rather funny looking. My teeth are funny, for one thing, and I have none of the attributes usually required for a movie queen, including the shapeliness.”
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“I think my favorite Rolling Stones song is "No Expectations." I always think and talk through songs.”
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“A late summer garden has a tranquility found no other time of the year.”
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“Humankind is made for uncertainty, struggle, choice and change.”
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“Are you saying you don't love me?" Hazael asked Liraz. "Because I love you. I think." He paused in contemplation. "Oh. No. Never mind. That's fear.”
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“A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.”
Source : Bill Brandt (1993). “Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography”, MacMillan Publishing Company
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“I think every filmmaker wants... I don't know about every filmmaker. I certainly want my films to just exist. I want them to be judged for what they are and analyzed, accepted, criticized, whatever you want to call it, on their own terms, not as part of some mall-cop genre.”
Source : Interview with The A.V. Club, www.avclub.com. April 10, 2009. 
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“I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing.”
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“I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.”
