Forget the grand plan. Forget the master scheme. Forget control. That is the bleak but true basis of independent cinema. Inch by motherfuking inch we must, because we have no other choice.

Quote by Oliver Stone

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Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can...

Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can...

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they...

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they...

I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and...

I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and...

I've met people who will go to a movie that I can't stand and they...

I've met people who will go to a movie that I can't stand and they...

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate...

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate...

I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to...

I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to...

Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of...

Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of...

I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and...

I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and...

I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to...

I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to...

I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part...

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part...

In any film there's always a historical implication.

In any film there's always a historical implication.

A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly...

A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly...

I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd...

I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd...

If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's...

If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's...

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.

I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.

I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.

I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.

When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it...

When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it...

You do the best job you can. You take it step by step. It's hard...

You do the best job you can. You take it step by step. It's hard...