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I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.
There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role.
Ideally, I'd like to have a movie that people like and makes money.
Only people who haven't lived through a war advocate it so eagerly.
Those who understand the true nature of humanity are always loners.
The atheist suicide bomber is unfaithfully committed to his mission
I was a sound engineer. That was my day job when I started writing.
The bone-breaking thing is something that I put in many narratives.
What is a screenplay? 120 pages of begging for money and attention.
'Motherwort.' 'Great Leopard's Bane.' These are awesome band names.
It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.
'm a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them.
You either believe women are people or you don't. It's that simple.
Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice].
I never gave my career much strategic thought. Maybe I should have.
Writing, to me, conjures up a physical act, like running or eating.
Somewhere between apathy and anarchy lies the thinking human being.
When I was starting out in Hollywood, everything was such a battle.
I had a very rocky, difficult, emotional childhood with my parents.
Part of what I love about producing is to get to work with writers.
I'm not very precious at all, which I think people find surprising.
Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flamethrower.
There are no enemies in science, professor, only phenomena to study.
There are no enemies in science, professor. Only phenomena to study.
Black writers seldom get the opportunity to write superhero stories.
I had written a script called "Freed," which I had wanted to direct.
I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct.
A vision is not something we make up, it's something we are MADE OF.
I think sometimes people really require the satisfaction of closure.
I probably saw 'When Harry Met Sally' for the first time in college.
I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.
She taught me to play the piano, and what it meant to miss somebody.
There is so much talent out there and not quite as much opportunity.
There is a different kind of vulnerability when a woman is directing
'The Piano' ended up on television. Everything ends up there anyway.
Teenagers come to things fresh and can really teach us an awful lot.
Must I remind you that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link?
It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else.
The girls in high school who watched 90210? I was watching Seinfeld.
War is not just the business of death, it is the antitheses of life.
There's some great reality TV, and I'm not bagging on it completely.
The musicals that I love on stage are generally meant for the stage.
I don't like uncertainty. I don't play poker. I don't like bluffing.
You can't compare David Cronenberg's 'The Fly' to the older version.
Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas.
Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting.
The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel.
We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.
You have to be willing to throw [writing] stuff away and replace it.
for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized.