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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Will, Always, Against, Rebel

It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out, I got a job adapting a book by Russell Banks called 'Rule Of The Bone.' I didn't do a very good job. I didn't really know what I was doing in general, let alone how to adapt a book.

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Book, Doing, Very, Adapting

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

Will, Desperate, Like, Adapting

Clinton used to like to get out of the White House a lot. He would take night trips to McDonald's, and stuff like that. I think he wanted to get out of the house.

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Think, Like, I Think, McDonald

My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture.

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Father, Brothers, Roll, Popular Culture

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Criticism, How, Respond, Critically

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

Original, Anybody, Dad, Avant-Garde

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Desire, Might, Wrote, Single Word

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

World, Ditch, Far, Digging

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Trying, Shape, Actually, Pacing

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

Pretty, Like, Read, Jungle

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Think, Behind, Too, Curtain

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Rest, My Life, Pretty, Feelings

You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets in your way. But sometimes it's difficult to know when that's necessary and when you're just being a baby, throwing your rattle from the cage.

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Sometimes, Out, Your, Parameters

Of course, I'm no dummy.

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Course, Dummy

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Fact, Freak, Aware, Control Freak

I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience.

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Hope, Ahead, Second, Adage

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Big, Final, Composer, Collaborator

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Weird, Some, Okay, Just Do It

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Forward, Like, Move, Screenwriting

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

Childhood, Movie, Standard, Geek

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Never, Fan, Been, Confusing

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Love, Still, De Niro, Talented

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Know, Things, Describing, Competent

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

Making, Younger, Them, Scenes

It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds.

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Audience, Gamble, Minutes, Five

I don't get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing - that around the world everybody's after the same thing, just some minor piece of happiness each day.

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Here, Some, Battling, Each Day

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

- Paul Thomas Anderson

School, Con, Film School, Complete

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Steal, Getting, Lot, Songwriters

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

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Baby, Acknowledge, Sundance, Helped

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