When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

Quote by Stanley Kubrick

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There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.

There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself...

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself...

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the...

Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the...

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to...

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to...

It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.

It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest...

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest...

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by...

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by...

The greatest nations have all acted like gangsters and the smallest like prostitutes.

The greatest nations have all acted like gangsters and the smallest like prostitutes.

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused...

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused...

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick...

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick...

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It...

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It...

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that...

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that...

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure...

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure...

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest...

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest...

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists-neither takes life as it is. Any...

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists-neither takes life as it is. Any...

The most fundamental tragedy of my life is that the ones who I see do...

The most fundamental tragedy of my life is that the ones who I see do...

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length...

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length...

The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it...

The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it...