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Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.

So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: Kill your television!

Kill your television!

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I write from my stomach.

I write from my stomach.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.

I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.

My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.

I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it.

I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: No matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the sadness - for me at least - of coming to the end of a film.

No matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the sadness - for me at least - of coming to the end of a film.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I don't miss scenes at all the way that I used to miss them when I was younger making a film. It's actually quite fun to get rid of them

I don't miss scenes at all the way that I used to miss them when I was younger making a film. It's actually quite fun to get rid of them now.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there.

Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.

Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.

I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.

I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.

You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.

I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.

To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I don't want to be the angry guy.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.

I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.

I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: Of course, I'm no dummy.

Of course, I'm no dummy.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.

No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.

I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes: How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.

How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.