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Paul Schrader quotes: I teach a course in screenwriting at Columbia, but I've never taken a course and I've never read a book about it!

I teach a course in screenwriting at Columbia, but I've never taken a course and I've never read a book about it!

Paul Schrader quotes: Now I see it clearly. My whole life has pointed in one direction. I see that now. There never has been any choice for me.

Now I see it clearly. My whole life has pointed in one direction. I see that now. There never has been any choice for me.

Paul Schrader quotes: I get bored very easily. I find most movies boring. I go to movies and ask, "How do they stay awake making this?"

I get bored very easily. I find most movies boring. I go to movies and ask, "How do they stay awake making this?"

Paul Schrader quotes: I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making films.

I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making films.

Paul Schrader quotes: You can't take contradiction away. Part of the fun of it is that the contradiction never really quite goes away.

You can't take contradiction away. Part of the fun of it is that the contradiction never really quite goes away.

Paul Schrader quotes: You think it's a blessing to know what God wants?

You think it's a blessing to know what God wants?

Paul Schrader quotes: Ultimately, it's an illusion that you can understand yourself.

Ultimately, it's an illusion that you can understand yourself.

Paul Schrader quotes: 'Taxi Driver' wasn't autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state.

'Taxi Driver' wasn't autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state.

Paul Schrader quotes: Anything that doesn't bore me I think is doable because it's keeping me awake.

Anything that doesn't bore me I think is doable because it's keeping me awake.

Paul Schrader quotes: There's no escape. I'm God's only man.

There's no escape. I'm God's only man.

Paul Schrader quotes: I'm basically depressive, cynical, prone to intellectualization.

I'm basically depressive, cynical, prone to intellectualization.

Paul Schrader quotes: I want to be happy; why do I do things that make me unhappy?

I want to be happy; why do I do things that make me unhappy?

Paul Schrader quotes: As screenwriters, we struggle with our own success. We have wallpapered our world and now we can't get anyone to notice the picture we just hung.

As screenwriters, we struggle with our own success. We have wallpapered our world and now we can't get anyone to notice the picture we just hung.

Paul Schrader quotes: The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment.

The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment.

Paul Schrader quotes: Twelve hours of work and I still can't sleep.Days go on and on... They don't end.

Twelve hours of work and I still can't sleep.Days go on and on... They don't end.

Paul Schrader quotes: The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.

The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.

Paul Schrader quotes: All the animals come out at night.

All the animals come out at night.

Paul Schrader quotes: People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters.

People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters.

Paul Schrader quotes: I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.

I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.

Paul Schrader quotes: Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.

Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.