Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock’n’roll, politics as a movie. Joe Eszterhas Read Quote
Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life. Joe Eszterhas Read Quote
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. Joe Eszterhas Read Quote
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. Joe Eszterhas Read Quote
I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime. Joe Eszterhas Read Quote
I have only one loyalty – to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer. Joe Eszterhas Read Quote
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. Joe Eszterhas Read Quote
