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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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...

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'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...

Lunch is for wimps.

Lunch is for wimps.

In any film there's always a historical implication.

In any film there's always a historical implication.

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

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

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought...

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought...

There's an electrical thing about movies.

There's an electrical thing about movies.

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...

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

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.

But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian...

But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian...

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and...

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and...

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...

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 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'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.

I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

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

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

One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with...

One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with...