I've always been able to ...

I've always been able to survive by writing, though.
 John Milius

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There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra,' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave.
 John Milius
I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and keep the artistic integrity of your work intact, but they don't make it very easy to live your life.
 John Milius
Everybody's a filmmaker today.
 John Milius
Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.
 John Milius
Most artists think they're frauds anyway.
 John Milius