The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.

Quote by Joel Coen

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I'd be perfectly happy never to have to answer anything again about how I work...

I'd be perfectly happy never to have to answer anything again about how I work...

Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was...

Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was...

I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because...

I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because...

We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted...

We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted...

Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about...

Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about...

I guess it beats throwing trash for a living.

I guess it beats throwing trash for a living.

The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous...

The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous...

Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but...

Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but...

The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars...

The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars...

You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level;...

You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level;...

I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you...

I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you...

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think...

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think...

You see a moral in them? Do we have morals?

You see a moral in them? Do we have morals?

Some people come out going, I don't get it. And I don't quite know what...

Some people come out going, I don't get it. And I don't quite know what...

We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do....

We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do....

These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then...

These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then...

I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system...

I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system...

History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the...

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the...

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world