Steven Spielberg Quotes

At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again. There's something all-consuming and addictive about that.

I keep drawing inspiration from people every day. All of a sudden, something strikes me so hard and dramatically, and then a dream comes - I sit down, cut it off and make a script out of it.

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do.

You never know where your next movie is going to come from. You just have to fall in love with something because it's going to be taking up every moment of spare time in your life for about two years. You're going to be dreaming about it and thinking about it and becoming obsessed with it.

Good films that get made are so few and far between. I want to write and direct more, but only so I can keep a fresh perspective.

My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas. The hardest part of this whole movie-making endeavor is finding ideas. That's the real goal.

A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script.

Art is something you can't teach, but you can inspire it.

When I see films like 'Lagaan' and 'Rang De Basanti,' I feel, 'Why can't I do work like this?' Then you think and realise you need to learn more to make this kind of a film or write this kind of a film. Also, somewhere down the line, you need to be brave.

When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.

I go into meetings with some film-makers and they literally have nothing to say, they're almost bored by their own material. I'd rather work with people who are very passionate and very animated about what they want to do. People who just want to tell stories.

I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on.

I hope I inspire children to make films.

I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle.

One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

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.

A work of fiction is conceived very much the same way as a dream occurs in the mind of a sleeper. But a lot of it is imagination. It's not based on real people.

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

When you can see kids smiling, that's one of the best things. That's why I did 'Narnia.'