[When making movies I] set out to be authentic to [myself] and to put it down the way [I] feel it and know it and interpret it. And then others somet….

I am a storyteller, and I do love ideas..

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

I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?.

We could learn a lot from the ancients, and we should go back there..

Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and narcissism. Those are old schools….

Franklin Roosevelt saw the world as a possible alliance, with the UN involved, of course, where we would never have these kinds of wars again. And he….

I'm more comfortable with simplicity as I get older..

I can see a movie and believe the story and characterization and stay proud of it. It doesn't change. Even if it's unappreciated, that doesn't mean i….

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..

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..

I see films in theaters, and I enjoy films. I enjoy the art of storytelling, and the different ways to tell them..

I think there is a whole older generation that will go to movies still. People like me; people over 45..

When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more….

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..

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

Get the overall. Some of my films may have been crude at times, or tough, or missed the points, but I've tried to get the overall in. I think that's ….

I think you should do rehearsal and work at it, but when the camera rolls, you should be ready. Try to make it good the first time..

The second [presidential] term changes, and I think that John F. Kennedy certainly ran on that and he knew that second term would give him oxygen, an….

I do have a side as a citizen, and I've always expressed it, and that's where I've gotten into misunderstandings, because some people see me as a lef….

When you look at the global situation, if America learned to be one of the many countries in the world and to find its way to cooperate with people a….