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" All my movies are achingly personal. "

Quentin Tarantino

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" One of the privileges you have of living the life of an artist and creating your own world and everything is the fact that, in-between times, you can kind of spend them however you want. Because, you know, once you open up your candy store again, you're open for business. And you have to be responsible. You have to be available. "

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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 to do. "

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" I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater. "

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" I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue. "

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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 soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as I'm writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film. "

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" As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed. "

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" My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy. "

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" 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 what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece. "

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" 'Django' was definitely the beginning of my political side, and I think 'Hateful Eight' is the... logical extension and conclusion of that. I mean, when I say conclusion, I'm not saying I'll never be political again, but, I mean, I think it's like, in a weird way, 'Django' was the question, and 'Hateful Eight' is the answer. "

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" Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way. "

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