Author: Oliver Stone

Quotes

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 study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

- Oliver Stone

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.

- Oliver Stone

I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.

I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.

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

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.

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

- 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

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.

- Oliver Stone

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