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David Morrell Quotes

In my novel, 'First Blood,' Rambo died. In the films, he lives.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: April 24, 1943

Topics

Blood First He Novel Lives Died

I was 5 years old when I did my first catwalk and did commercials at 16. I went professional after my studies.

Professional Old First Years Did

I can't write; I don't think I'm even particularly good at telling a writer what's good or what's missing. So, actually having someone who can do that is a godsend.

Good Think Someone Write Missing

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

Money Childhood People Me Writing

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.

Relationship Identity American Cinema

Given the kind of filmmaker I am, the kind of experiences I've been trying to give audiences, I was drawn to the potential of VR before I even tried watching anything in VR.

I Am Potential Trying Kind Watching

The relevant question isn't, 'Is this a potential friend for me?' but, 'Is this character alive?'

Friend Character Me Potential Alive

I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.

Team Think You Look Why Successful

I started watching so many different types of women, saw all the complexities of them, all the ways and the look and shapes they could be, and I felt it was missing for me in American film. I didn't see anybody I was watching in movies that felt like me. I felt rather tortured and lonely about it.

Women Me Lonely American Look See

I believe in family values, and I believe that we all ought to be able to have a family and marry if you want to. I don't think the government should be in that business of denying people the fundamental right to marry.

Antonio Villaraigosa

Family Business Government People

Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another.

Stupid Eye Driving See Us Cannot

I generally edit quite heavily. In general, there aren't many scenes that are sitting where they sat in the script in the final form.

Sitting Final Where General Edit

We've all forgotten how to be original.

Be Original Forgotten Original How

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