“I think it's terrible to show that to kids. It's - I think you should - if you - if you do a piece where something violent happens and someone dies or is badly injured, you must show the pain.” IfsThinkingShouldShowsHappensKidsPainDiesPiecesTerribleViolentInjured Author:Joe Eszterhas
“You must show how gruesome that death is because if you don't, then you turn into some kind of comic book and pain, then death, doesn't have a consequence, and pain doesn't have a consequence.” IfsKindBookShowsPainTurnsConsequenceComicComic Book Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Joe Lieberman was threatening censorship. What I'm arguing is that if the creative people in Hollywood themselves have a responsibility, have a moral responsibility in terms of smoking, not to show smoking in movies.” PeopleIfsShowsTermResponsibilityMoralCreativeHollywoodArguingSmokingCensorshipThreateningCreative PeopleMoral Responsibility Author:Joe Eszterhas
“If they gave a Nobel Peace Prize for work against big tobacco, not just in the industry, but also with the California tax initiative, he really deserves one.” IfsBigsIndustryTaxesDeserveCaliforniaPrizeInitiativeTobaccoNobelNobel Peace Prize Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Your characters get angry at you if you speak about them and stop you from giving birth to them on the page in revenge. Real writers sit down and write. Wannabe writers sit around and talk.” IfsGivingWritingRealCharacterSpeakBirthPagesDown AndAngryRevengeGiving BirthWannabes Book:The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God! Source: The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God!