Stanley Kubrick Quotes

I think great filmmakers will always talk in terms of storytelling. These guys were always about the story. That is how I love to talk about a film.

The whole point of film for me is that it's such a joy. It's such a wonder. The possibilities are literally endless in terms of what you can creatively do.

I make films about stories that I get interested in.

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story.

However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about narrative. And it's about telling stories that are engaging and dramatic.

I've documented a lot of things myself as a filmmaker. If you want a rockumentary, that's in there.

Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.

I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.

I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.

As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.

I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into play.

I don't ever want to impose something on the story. I want the story to tell me.

Cinema has become my life. I don't mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that the daily reality is simply there to provide material for my next film.

I try and make little stories. Whether it's with a pencil or with bits of records, it's really the same thing.

I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film that's a line that filmmakers cross more readily and more easily than novelists.

I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. But I'm always surprised by the directions things take when I actually start writing.

Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.

It's amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important.

When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it.

The whole thing with animated movies is that it's very hard to get out of your head because it's very moving through each line systematically.

I think films are bigger than structure.

People have asked me a lot, 'What comes first? The pictures or the story? The story or the picture?' It's hard to describe because often they seem to come at the same time. I'm seeing images while I'm thinking of the story.

I love doing features, but it's a very different ballgame. Sometimes I yearn for short films again, working with a small team, getting my hands on the clay.

Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead.