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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We create monsters and then we can't control them.

We create monsters and then we can't control them.

It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.

It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want...

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want...

And when you see it the first time you put the film together, the roughest...

And when you see it the first time you put the film together, the roughest...

People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people...

People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people...

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...

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...

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...

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 see a moral in them? Do we have morals?

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

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...

We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is...

We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is...

Sometimes, in certain stories, I think we know at the outset essentially what the tone...

Sometimes, in certain stories, I think we know at the outset essentially what the tone...

You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a...

You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a...

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...

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...

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....

Barton Fink got written very quickly, in about three weeks. I don't know what that...

Barton Fink got written very quickly, in about three weeks. I don't know what that...

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...

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

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