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> [I'm not saying it's a bad thing to do, but when you try to deal with prescient themes in the present, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-m-not-saying-it-s-a-bad-thing-to-do-but-when-you-try-to-deal-with/)

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> [Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/novelists-have-always-had-complete-freedom-to-pretty-much-tell-their/)

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

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> [I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-wasn-t-trying-to-top-pulp-fiction-with-jackie-brown-i-wanted-to-go/)

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

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> [I was trying to do like a spaghetti western but using World War II iconography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-was-trying-to-do-like-a-spaghetti-western-but-using-world-war-ii/)

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

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> [My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/my-movies-are-painfully-personal-but-i-m-never-trying-to-let-you-know/)

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

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> [If you're trying to drop ten pages from a screenplay, it hurts like hell, but if you just put it away for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/if-you-re-trying-to-drop-ten-pages-from-a-screenplay-it-hurts-like/)

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

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> [I'm a big collector of vinyl - I have a record room in my house - and I've always had a huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-m-a-big-collector-of-vinyl-i-have-a-record-room-in-my-house-and-i/)

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

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> [I always knew I wanted to do a Western. And trying to think of what that would be, I always figured that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-always-knew-i-wanted-to-do-a-western-and-trying-to-think-of-what/)

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

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> [That's how it always is with me: the thing that sets me down to start writing is usually not what I end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/that-s-how-it-always-is-with-me-the-thing-that-sets-me-down-to-start/)

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

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> [Instead of critics reviewing my movies, now what they're really doing is trying to match wits with me. Every time they review…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/instead-of-critics-reviewing-my-movies-now-what-they-re-really-doing/)

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

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> [I try not to get analytical in the writing process. I try to just kind of keep the flow from my brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-try-not-to-get-analytical-in-the-writing-process-i-try-to-just-kind/)

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

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> [I've always been passionate about these different (film) genres. Kung fu movies, samurai movies, Japanese movies, all this kind of stuff, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-ve-always-been-passionate-about-these-different-film-genres-kung-fu/)

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

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> [One of the things when you write, well the way I write, is that you are writing your scenario and there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/one-of-the-things-when-you-write-well-the-way-i-write-is-that-you-are/)

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

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> [Oddly enough, most of the books written about the subject aren't very good because they just focus on the more hateful movies…](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/)

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## Other authors on Trying

## 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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

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