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A cigarette in the hands of a Hollywood star onscreen is a gun aimed at a 12- or 14-year-old.

Joe Eszterhas

Your characters get angry at you if you speak about them and stop you from giving birth to them on the page in revenge. Real writers sit down and write. Wannabe writers sit around and talk.

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I have been an accomplice to the murders of untold numbers of human beings. I am admitting this only because I have made a deal with God. Spare me, I said, and I will try to stop others from committing the same crimes I did.

Joe Eszterhas

Joe Eszterhas

Joe Eszterhas

Born: November 23, 1944 (age 81)

Bio: József A. "Joe" Eszterhas is a Hungarian-American writer. He has worked on 16 films that have grossed over two billion dollars.

Known for:

Basic Instinct (1992)
Showgirls (1995)
Flashdance (1983)
Sliver (1993)
Jagged Edge (1985)

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