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Oliver Stone quotes: I'm going to hold onto my Blu-ray collection because I really think it's hardware and it's important. I don't want to live in a cloud, all my life.

I'm going to hold onto my Blu-ray collection because I really think it's hardware and it's important. I don't want to live in a cloud, all my life.

Oliver Stone quotes: The first casualty of war is innocence.

The first casualty of war is innocence.

Oliver Stone quotes: Let the capitalists do their own fighting and furnish their own corpses and there will never be another war on the face of the earth.

Let the capitalists do their own fighting and furnish their own corpses and there will never be another war on the face of the earth.

Oliver Stone quotes: We all have idealism. We think we're healthy and then, all of a sudden, one day, you have cancer. The truth has a mind of its own.

We all have idealism. We think we're healthy and then, all of a sudden, one day, you have cancer. The truth has a mind of its own.

Oliver Stone quotes: Hell is the impossibility of reason.

Hell is the impossibility of reason.

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 quotes: In any film there's always a historical implication.

In any film there's always a historical implication.

Oliver Stone quotes: It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism.

It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism.

Oliver Stone quotes: Prominent among the American capitalists with ties to Nazi counterparts was Prescott Bush, the father of one president and grandfather of another.

Prominent among the American capitalists with ties to Nazi counterparts was Prescott Bush, the father of one president and grandfather of another.

Oliver Stone quotes: [Fidel Castro] has a very good [human rights] record.

[Fidel Castro] has a very good [human rights] record.

Oliver Stone quotes: Despite the well-deserved criticism, controlling public opinion became a central element in all future war planning.

Despite the well-deserved criticism, controlling public opinion became a central element in all future war planning.

Oliver Stone quotes: To fail is not tragic. To be human, is.

To fail is not tragic. To be human, is.

Oliver Stone quotes: I couldn't despise a man more than George W. Bush.

I couldn't despise a man more than George W. Bush.

Oliver Stone quotes: Lunch is for wimps.

Lunch is for wimps.

Oliver Stone quotes: When I make a new movie, I always get stuck with, "That's not an Oliver Stone film." But I don't know what to do about that except just move on.

When I make a new movie, I always get stuck with, "That's not an Oliver Stone film." But I don't know what to do about that except just move on.

Oliver Stone quotes: I study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

Oliver Stone quotes: I make my films like you're going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn.

I make my films like you're going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn.

Oliver Stone quotes: Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.

Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.

Oliver Stone quotes: What Chavez has done [in Venezuela] is that he has brought extreme poverty to an end.

What Chavez has done [in Venezuela] is that he has brought extreme poverty to an end.

Oliver Stone quotes: 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 quotes: There's an electrical thing about movies.

There's an electrical thing about movies.

Oliver Stone quotes: I don't think most people in the US realize how important WikiLeaks is and why Julian's case needs support.

I don't think most people in the US realize how important WikiLeaks is and why Julian's case needs support.

Oliver Stone quotes: 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 quotes: I might as well be myself. Everyone else is taken.

I might as well be myself. Everyone else is taken.

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

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

Oliver Stone quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: Each year, the The U.S. Army & its contractors SHOOT, STAB, MUTILATE, & KILL more than TEN THOUSAND live animals in cruel training exercises.

Each year, the The U.S. Army & its contractors SHOOT, STAB, MUTILATE, & KILL more than TEN THOUSAND live animals in cruel training exercises.

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

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

Oliver Stone quotes: 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.

Oliver Stone quotes: Venezuela is a democratically elected government. These people who keep protesting are sore losers,

Venezuela is a democratically elected government. These people who keep protesting are sore losers,

Oliver Stone quotes: Obama took a bad situation and, in certain ways, made it worse ... I find Obama scary in a way that I had not done in 2008.

Obama took a bad situation and, in certain ways, made it worse ... I find Obama scary in a way that I had not done in 2008.

Oliver Stone quotes: The secret to writing a screenplay is keeping you ass in the chair.(ASS + CHAIR = PAGES!)

The secret to writing a screenplay is keeping you ass in the chair.
(ASS + CHAIR = PAGES!)

Oliver Stone quotes: Unfortunately, the truth is that people do go scot-free and it's unfair. A lot of the top drug people who have been arrested are also free.

Unfortunately, the truth is that people do go scot-free and it's unfair. A lot of the top drug people who have been arrested are also free.

Oliver Stone quotes: What needs to happen is more of a global understanding, and I believe the United States can work as a global partner and not be the hegemon.

What needs to happen is more of a global understanding, and I believe the United States can work as a global partner and not be the hegemon.

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 quotes: 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 quotes: The Nation observed, If you steal $25, you're a thief. If you steal $250,000, you're an embezzler. If you steal $2,500,000, you're a financier.

The Nation observed, If you steal $25, you're a thief. If you steal $250,000, you're an embezzler. If you steal $2,500,000, you're a financier.

Oliver Stone quotes: I like automatic weapons. I fought for my right to use them in Vietnam.

I like automatic weapons. I fought for my right to use them in Vietnam.

Oliver Stone quotes: The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.

The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.

Oliver Stone quotes: You don't always have to have an e-book. You can have a real book. I'd like to see the old way maintain.

You don't always have to have an e-book. You can have a real book. I'd like to see the old way maintain.

Oliver Stone quotes: I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.

I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.

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

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

Oliver Stone quotes: 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 quotes: We should look to (Castro) as one of the Earth's wisest people, one of the people we should consult.

We should look to (Castro) as one of the Earth's wisest people, one of the people we should consult.

Oliver Stone quotes: 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.