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
Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that. – 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
Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of movies. – Oliver Stone
To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons. – Ma Jian