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" I think 'American Sniper' is anti-war. It demonstrates the agony of the decision-making that goes on. "

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" All one has to do is look at old footage of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and think of the people beneath those bombs. It's horrific. "

" It's always a daily struggle to write. "

" I cut 'Deer Hunter' myself. "

" I have no interest in making a 'Vietnam' film, no interest in making a direct political statement. "

" I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie. "

" Every good war film, if you want to use that phrase - I don't think it's a good phrase, but if you want to use that phrase - every good film, a first-rate film about war, is an anti-war movie. "

" It's very important to follow your instincts because, beyond what you know exists or what you're told exists in a given area, your intuition plays a big part in finding something special. "

" Family politics are worse than world politics. That's all I can say. You don't get to choose your family; you get to choose your friends. Your family is imposed upon you. "

" I wish I was making movies back in the days when John Ford made movies and you were a director under contract to a studio. John Ford had years when he made three movies in a year. "

" Movies are about people; there're not about ideas. It's like great novels. Great novels are not about ideas. There's never been a great novel about ideas. "

" Most people I knew had been crippled by their educations. Some were even dying spiritually. "

" A film maker's energy and creativity don't have to end when he turns over his film. "

" Because people don't see me around a lot, I'm the source of all sorts of rumour. "

" Being infamous is not fun. It becomes a weird occupation in and of itself. "

" I don't make movies to make a point; I make movies to tell stories about people. "

" There's no service ribbon for people who fought in Korea. We lost over 30,000 men between 1951 and 1953 - as many as we lost in 15 years in Vietnam. "

" I've published a couple of short novels in France that I didn't want to publish in English because I loved the characters too much to subject them to American critics who were not exactly favorable toward my work. "

" There's nothing but brutality and bravery or cowardice that comes out of war. That's pretty much it. "

" I felt the need to unlearn my formal education. "

" I've got a room full of scripts. They go to the ceiling. I can't even hardly walk into it anymore. Most are original, and there are some adaptations like 'Man's Fate.' "

" When a guy is perceived as macho, female editors aren't going to like it - because they all want to be men. "

" Encountering a real place enhances the performances of actors in subtle ways and changes the spiritual texture of the film. "

" I don't believe in defeat. "

" There have been so many false things written about me by people who don't know me. "

" Friendship and sentiment and the giving of one's words are very important. "

" They've said everything about me that they could: racist, Marxist, rightist, homophobic, sex change - I don't know what else they could come up with. "

" Nobody lives without making mistakes. "

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