Oliver Stone quotes are thought-provoking, memorable and inspiring. From views on society and politics to thoughts on love and life, Oliver Stone has a lot to say. In this list we present the 12 best Oliver Stone quotes, in no particular order. Let yourself get inspired!
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Oliver Stone quotes
Hell is the impossibility of reason.
— Oliver Stone
I’ve been to war, and it’s not easy to kill. It’s bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.
— Oliver Stone
I will come out with my interpretation. If I’m wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.
— Oliver Stone
I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I’m a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.
— Oliver Stone
I study history in order to give an interpretation.
— Oliver Stone
Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
— Oliver Stone
I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future.
— Oliver Stone
Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them – maybe that’s what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
— Oliver Stone
I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.
— Oliver Stone
I’m terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.
— Oliver Stone
There’s an electrical thing about movies.
— Oliver Stone
One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.
— Oliver Stone
A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly well, but she’ll appear in film and it won’t work. What works is some fusion of physical beauty with some mental field or whatever you call it. I don’t know.
— Oliver Stone
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