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I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam.

Richard Price

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Richard Price
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: October 12
Actor
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
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The Bronx
New York City
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Tremble, all ye oppressors of the world!
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You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.
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The more I hung out with detective squads, the more there was always one guy or two guys or a woman who had a case that they were the primary on years ago, it was never solved, and they take that case into their retirements.
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The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays.
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The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
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I'd love to be a saxophonist. I don't know why, but I pretend I'm the saxophonist when I listen to music. I have about as much chance playing the sax as I do learning how to fly.
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I do small cameos here and there but nothing that requires more than a paragraph of talking, because I'm just an amateur. The movie is a whole different reality.
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I have offices all over the place and I avoid work everywhere. I don't like to write - I like to be finished.
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I started thinking about my relationship with my students I'm this guy who comes in from book - and movie - land and descends on angel wings into their classroom.
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I write because I can't imagine not writing.
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