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John Carpenter Quotes and Lessons for Screenwriters
15 John Carpenter Quotes Writers & Filmmakers Can Learn From John Carpenter entered film wanting to make cowboy films. He claims that horror as a genre found him, not the other way round. Ironically, though, his enormous career hasn’t featured a single feature length cowboy film, with Carpenter establishing himself as a “brand” writer-director largely in horror and sci-fi. Here are 15 John Carpenter Quotes that shed light on his extraordinary career, and that screenwriters and film makers can learn from. John Carpenter Quotes 1.