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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
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One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…
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God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to…
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When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e.,…
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Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want…
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Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz…
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Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love'…
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You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about…
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Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try…
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No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
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Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an…
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No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.
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I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks…
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My big fight is not in the movie and I don't understand that decision but I know he's right about it, whatever…
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My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it's a very different thing coming…
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People use location as a language in films, and Quentin uses action as a language in his films. There's really not a…
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I've worked with a lot of real heavy hitters, and Quentin is maybe heads and shoulders, at least a forehead, above just…
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Quentin Tarantino is here, star of all my sexual nightmares.
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Quentin and I were constantly finding something new that we had in common and comic books were one of them. I think…
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As the warden of San Quentin, I presided over four executions. After each one, someone on the staff would ask, 'Is the…
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There are no good guys in a Quentin Tarantino movie. They're all bad guys. And you like us. That's Quentin's big talent.
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Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn…
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I once hit Quentin on the head with my ball and chain.
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