Joe Eszterhas Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.”

“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.”

“I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.”

“I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head.”

“I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.”

“Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.”

“Politics has become entertainment.”

“Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.”

“I always wanted to be a rock'n'roll star.”

“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.”