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Mark Boal Quotes: For better or worse, most of my writing life has been about people that work behind the scenes. I'm interested in finding extraordinary moments in otherwise normal people.
         

For better or worse, most of my writing life has been about people that work behind the scenes. I'm interested in finding extraordinary moments in otherwise normal people.


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I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.

I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.



So to be standing here, this was really, truly, honestly never part of anything we even imagined in our wildest dreams.

So to be standing here, this was really, truly, honestly never part of anything we even imagined in our wildest dreams.



The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range.

The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range.



I write on a computer, on a laptop or whatever.

I write on a computer, on a laptop or whatever.



Ever since 9/11, I found myself interested in chronicling the war and the war on terror and the way that this giant machinery was affecting individuals.

Ever since 9/11, I found myself interested in chronicling the war and the war on terror and the way that this giant machinery was affecting individuals.



You're trying to dramatize events to tell a story most effectively. That doesn't mean the events aren't true, it just means you're making them as dramatic as you possibly can.

You're trying to dramatize events to tell a story most effectively. That doesn't mean the events aren't true, it just means you're making them as dramatic as you possibly can.



I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end.

I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end.





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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

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Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.



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It's the same thing, I think, whether it's breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.



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If you come from art, you'll always be art.



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