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.
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I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.
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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…
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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…
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A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.
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I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.
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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…
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I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.
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I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.
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I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.
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I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.
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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…
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The filmmakers always have a great level of control.
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Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.
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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…
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You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for…
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I've always had trouble with authority.
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The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.
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No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.
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Most artists think they're frauds anyway.
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