Quotes by

Oliver Stone

Money itself isnt lost or made, its simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60 thousand dollars. I could sell it today for 600. The illusion has become real and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it. – Oliver Stone

Ive been to war, and its not easy to kill. Its bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious. – Oliver Stone

Im terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily. – Oliver Stone

Theres an electrical thing about movies. – Oliver Stone

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them – maybe thats what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World. – Oliver Stone

I would vote for the man whos lived life, whos done different occupations, whos been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So Id vote for experience, honest experience. – Oliver Stone

A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly well, but shell appear in film and it wont work. What works is some fusion of physical beauty with some mental field or whatever you call it. I dont know. – Oliver Stone

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

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that. – Oliver Stone

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

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that. – Oliver Stone

I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future. – Oliver Stone