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If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist. ↗

— Richard King

#cinema #come #else #exist #inspiration

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. ↗

— Stephen King

#duty #endlessly #friends #lie #lovers

Subject matter that is not bound to reality offers more opportunity to write a unique story and cinematically present it in very unique ways. ↗

— Richard King

#matter #more #offers #opportunity #present

The horror genre is important because it promotes experimentation in filmmaking. ↗

— Richard King

#experimentation #filmmaking #genre #horror #important

To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies. ↗

— Richard King

#basing #christianity #conspiracies #folklore #government

Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies. ↗

— Richard King

#deeper #exists #information #level #makeup

We should assume that the end product can be switched off by any consumer who is offended or frightened by it. ↗

— Richard King

#assume #consumer #end #end product #frightened

Yet I never want to make a movie purely for the money. ↗

— Richard King

#make #money #movie #never #purely

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive. ↗

— Rodney King

#as far as #build #causes #done #far

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean. ↗

— Rodney King

#deal #energy #forgive #go #god