Author: Oliver Stone

Quotes

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

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

- Oliver Stone

I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

- Oliver Stone

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

- Oliver Stone

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power.

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power.

- Oliver Stone

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.

- Oliver Stone

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.

- Oliver Stone

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.

- Oliver Stone

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

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

- Oliver Stone

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.

- Oliver Stone

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