The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out … - Tony Gilroy

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The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.

Tony Gilroy

The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - you're picking this actor, you're picking this scene. It's like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel.

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I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.

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