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“Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.”

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Francis Ford Coppola, born on April 7, 1939, is an influential American film director known for his profound understanding of cinema and unique artistic style. His most famous works include the 'Godfather' series and 'Apocalypse Now'. more

“I wouldn't care to speculate about what it is in Westlake's psyche that makes him so good at writing about Parker, much less what it is that makes me like the Parker novels so much. Suffice it to say that Stark/Westlake is the cleanest of all noir novelists, a styleless stylist who gets to the point with stupendous economy, hustling you down the path of plot so briskly that you have to read his books a second time to appreciate the elegance and sober wit with which they are written.”

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Author:Terry Teachout

“Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments.”

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Author:Terry Teachout

“This impeccably researched study of the classic black insult game may be the funniest work of serious scholarship ever published.”

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Author:Terry Teachout

“Sometimes when we think we’re protecting ourselves, we’re really hurting ourselves. And sometimes the people around us too.”

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Book:Sprout

Source: Sprout

“Your past comes with you no matter where you go.”

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Author:Dale Peck

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