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To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.

Akira Kurosawa

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Akira Kurosawa
Age: 88 †
Born: 1910
Born: March 23
Died: 1998
Died: September 6
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do. I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn't have planned.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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