You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.

Quote by Oliver Stone

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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...

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...

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to...

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to...

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...

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...

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 study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

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...

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...

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...

Forget the grand plan. Forget the master scheme. Forget control. That is the bleak but...

Forget the grand plan. Forget the master scheme. Forget control. That is the bleak but...

Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This...

Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This...

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 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 am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a...

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a...

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...

It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism.

It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism.

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...

Lunch is for wimps.

Lunch is for wimps.