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Joe Eszterhas quotes

Hungarian Writer November 23, 1944

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Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life. Joe Eszterhas
I was a militant smoker, and in my case, I think I particularly used smoking because what I felt was a kind of politically correct big brother assault on smoking. Joe Eszterhas
Joe Eszterhas quote: "Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to..."
Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars. Joe Eszterhas
The terrible, diabolic thing with this disease is that you are always looking behind your shoulder every couple months with the most recent checkup to see whether there is any sign of it, and I thank God to say at this point there is not. Joe Eszterhas
From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing. Joe Eszterhas
I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen. Joe Eszterhas
From what I've been able to determine, many of our big stars are addicted to tobacco. They want to smoke in movies for the same reason I smoked as I wrote, which is that they think their performance is going to be better. Joe Eszterhas
I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness. Joe Eszterhas
Joe Eszterhas quote: "I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head."
I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head. Joe Eszterhas
Now on a personal level with things like the California Tax Commission... I really think if people started banding together and saying no to this it could snowball and that could really help. Joe Eszterhas
Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie. Joe Eszterhas
And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they all sit around, afraid to voice an opinion, saying nothing, waiting to know what the consensus is. Just like focus groups, opinion polls or a cabinet. Joe Eszterhas
Joe Eszterhas quote: "That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars..."
That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places. Joe Eszterhas
My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings. Joe Eszterhas
Joe Eszterhas quote: "I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be..."
I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer. Joe Eszterhas

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