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There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies. See, I always suspect characters who are painted as lovely, decent human beings. I would always question where the darkness lies.

From Martin McDonagh

I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

From Martin McDonagh

All my work shares a kind of balance between black comedy and sad and despairing melancholy.

From Martin McDonagh

'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.

From Martin McDonagh

Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work, and they look down on people who do.

From Martin McDonagh

I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. We're all cruel, aren't we? We are all extreme in one way or another at times and that's what drama, since the Greeks, has dealt with.

From Martin McDonagh

I seldom feel comfortable in a theatre. I always feel like I own a cinema. I feel equally happy in an empty one as a full one. Probably happier in an empty one!

From Martin McDonagh

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

From Martin McDonagh

I don't even subscribe to writer's block being a truthful thing. I've had writer's laziness quite often. But I think it's all about sitting down and facing down the blank page and doing it, and I've always been ok at that.

From Martin McDonagh

When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.

From Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh

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