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" At the beginning of the '70s, everything was possible. "

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" I think, in the West, we often discount the arts as nice but not that important. Certainly in America when we cut funding for schools, the arts are the first programs to go. But the arts built the things we need more than anything else: collaboration and co-operation and creativity. "

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" As a writer, I think about films I work on in a traditional Hollywood kind of a way. I'm curious to see how it translates. "

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" They don't make people like Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley anymore. "

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" When you come to documentaries, the stakes are too low for it to be cutthroat. You're all doing it for the right reasons. "

" I feel more relaxed after the Oscar. I feel like I have a chance to just tell the stories I want to tell, and it's actually been really nice. "

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" We saw The Who on New Year's Eve in 1975. "