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> [You know, my problem with most screenwriting is it is a blueprint. It's like they're afraid to write the damn thing. And I'm a writer. That's what I do. I want it to be written. I want it to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/you-know-my-problem-with-most-screenwriting-is-it-is-a-blueprint-it-s/)

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## More by Quentin Tarantino

> [CGI has fully ruined car crashes. Because how can you be impressed with them now? When you watch them in the '70s, it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/cgi-has-fully-ruined-car-crashes-because-how-can-you-be-impressed/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> [Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/whatever-s-going-on-with-me-at-the-time-of-writing-is-going-to-find/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> [Oddly enough, most of the books written about the subject aren't very good because they just focus on the more hateful movies that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/oddly-enough-most-of-the-books-written-about-the-subject-aren-t-very/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> [“I'm an American, our names don't mean shit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-m-an-american-our-names-don-t-mean-shit/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> [I'm a historian in my own mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-m-a-historian-in-my-own-mind/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> [I hate school at that time. Now, little did I know that actually if I had stayed in school I would've actually really liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-hate-school-at-that-time-now-little-did-i-know-that-actually-if-i/)

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> [I'm not writing novels, the screenplays are my novels, so I'm gonna write it the best that I can. If the movie never gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-m-not-writing-novels-the-screenplays-are-my-novels-so-i-m-gonna/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> [One of the songs that stayed in my head that I really considered a lot was an old folk song called 'John Brown' -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/one-of-the-songs-that-stayed-in-my-head-that-i-really-considered-a/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> ['The Grand Budapest Hotel' is not really my thing, but I kind of loved it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/the-grand-budapest-hotel-is-not-really-my-thing-but-i-kind-of-loved-it/)

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> [I hope to give you at least 15 more years of movies. I'm not going to be this old guy that keeps cranking them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-hope-to-give-you-at-least-15-more-years-of-movies-i-m-not-going-to/)

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> [In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/in-real-life-there-are-no-bad-guys-everybody-just-has-their-own/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> [He musta thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/he-musta-thought-it-was-white-boy-day-it-ain-t-white-boy-day-is-it/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> [If you go out and see a lot of movies in a given year, it's really hard to come up with a top ten,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/if-you-go-out-and-see-a-lot-of-movies-in-a-given-year-it-s-really/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

> [When I went to do my big audition with actors for Mr. Blonde, the thing that was very interesting was the first person to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/when-i-went-to-do-my-big-audition-with-actors-for-mr-blonde-the-thing/)

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> [By the time I was doing "Kill Bill," it was so much filled with prose that, you know, I start seeing why people write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/by-the-time-i-was-doing-kill-bill-it-was-so-much-filled-with-prose/)

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