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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

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

Kill your television! — Paul Thomas Anderson

I write from my stomach. — Paul Thomas Anderson

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

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

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

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

I've recently enjoyed the Paul Thomas Anderson commentaries and the David Fincher commentaries. — Jay Roach

I don't think Paul Thomas Anderson has a standard approach to anything. — Katherine Waterston

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan. — Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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

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

There are a few directors as a young person where I was kind of like, 'Well, these are a sure bet.' The Coens, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson. — Allison Tolman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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