3 Quotes & Sayings By John Sayles

John Sayles is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, actor, and author. His films include Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), Lone Star (1996), Bright Lights Big City (1999), Silver City (1985) and Amigo (1985). Among his many honors are the Honorary Academy Award in 2005, the Writers Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, and the University of Southern California's Jules Verne Award for lifetime achievement in the Humanities in 2010. He is also an artist with work on view in more than 20 museums.

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He likes to know things. He checks out book and record collections when he visits people, looks in medicine cabinets, takes inventory in refrigerators. He eaves drops on conversations at public phone booths. He reads murder victims' mail. John Sayles
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There was a widespread indignation in the American media. They were saying, 'How can you make a movie during an election that's about politics? What are you doing? Are you trying to influence people's lives?' To which my response was, 'Well, I hope so.' John Sayles