For me, the present is a golden era. That's the greatest golden era. Right now. I just like pining for lost times.

- Whit Stillman

One of the problems of a director on the set is that we become overwhelmed by all the factors and threads of production, that sometimes we can't focu…

- Whit Stillman

I decided the moment I graduated from college that I would never wear blue jeans again. And I have never worn blue jeans again.

- Whit Stillman

I think Austin is read more now than Charles Dickens, and Dickens was much more popular in his day. She endures because of her classicism.

- Whit Stillman

I explained to Amazon that I don't like outlining or projecting what something's going to be. I like to allow a story to arise as I'm writing scripts…

- Whit Stillman

It becomes a lot better for the actors when we're 'shooting, shooting, shooting,' instead of waiting around in a trailer for something to happen.

- Whit Stillman

We learned some bad things, and the Vietnam War led to some bad conclusions. We're not the greatest generation, that's for sure.

- Whit Stillman

In my father's time - he was in college during many transitions in the late 1930s - they had great institutional loyalties... to his college, eventua…

- Whit Stillman

I'm for people clinging. I'm pro-clinging.

- Whit Stillman