A thing when I was writing the movie 'The hateful eight' was, I hate The Confederate cause. I've always felt that they are our Nazis and the rebel flag was our swastika. So I totally have no love for that whole romance for that Antebellum time period.

The children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them - thus preserving the system.

If you love cinema as much as I do, and not many people do, and if you are focused and actually have something to offer, you will get somewhere with it.

I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them.

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

Even Christoph Waltz's character, Colonel Landa in 'Inglourious Basterds', I never judged him.

When I went to do my big audition with actors for Mr. Blonde, the thing that was very interesting was the first person to actually do the audition with the song, and they kind of actually acted out the whole scene, they weren't so great. It wasn't that they were magnificent, but the song, it was the first -it was all - been in my head.