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When I use violence in a movie, it's just to express the power, the impact of it.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

Violence is the first refuge of the violent.

I was motivated to write about violence because I believe it's not unusual. I see it as just a part of life, and I think we get in trouble when we separate people who've experienced it from those who haven't.

Violence is very much with us, and we like to see it. I doubt if you can change that, and I'm not sure you should want to. I have occasionally been very upset by something I was writing, but it's quite rare: I keep my writing very separate from my life.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

I'm not a violent person, but I've got a hard core streak and have a reputation about living dangerously.