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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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.

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...

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard...

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard...

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 would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been...

I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been...