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

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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.

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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.

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I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

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

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I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Hungarian

Type: Writer

Born: November 23rd, 1944

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