That Cave has long been at the top of his game in another creative discipline clearly didn't hurt either. Writing dialogue for me is always about rhythm and the musicality of what people are talking about, ... And I find it difficult to write words that are merely illustrative or that don't have an innate beauty in the actual line, and that comes from songwriting. And I always say the sentences out loud as I write them to see how they work rhythmically.
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