John Milius Quotes

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• To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.
• I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.
• Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a…
• A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly…
• A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.
• I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.
• Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it…
• I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.
• I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.
• I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.
• I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.
• I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a…
• The filmmakers always have a great level of control.
• Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.
• I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved…
• You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for…
• I've always had trouble with authority.
• The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.
• No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.
• Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

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