I think it's helpful to aspire to make films if you feel that other people are not doing what you want to do. — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
I think it's really good and helpful to have the people you most admire in some other discipline than what you work in. It's… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I think Austin is read more now than Charles Dickens, and Dickens was much more popular in his day. She endures because of her… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
I find it really disturbing to be watching a lot of the medium that I'm trying to work in. I prefer to be doing… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
I think a lot of ["Cosmopolitans"] is marked by [Jerome David] Salinger. Salinger wouldn't allow his works to be adapted for film after his… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
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… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
I would say on the other side of the equation that there were really some massive sales and massive enthusiasm for some films that… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Find someone hypersocial and crazy and try not to follow them to their doom, but to make friends with their nicer friends. — Whit Stillman Copy Share
It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
I've had no money, absolutely, from my family. They paid for a good education - or schools that purported to be a good education… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
For me, there's a bad year of getting started on something. You write bad stuff and it's awkward to throw it out, and you… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
There's some people who are just very dynamic about social life, and it can be some pretty crazy stuff, but you end up meeting… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
“Charlie Black: Fourierism was tried in the late nineteenth century… and it failed. Wasn’t Brook Farm Fourierist? It failed. Tom Townsend: That’s debatable. Charlie… — Whit Stillman Copy Share
