Nixon identified himself as a crisis-laden man. He'd reach levels of victory and then he'd plunge into defeat. He was vice president,… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Gore Vidal said "Nixon is us, we are Nixon." I think we have to acknowledge that combination of idealism and sleaze; we… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Pat Nixon was called the Mona Lisa of American politics. She never wrote anything. Her interviews tell us nothing. — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
A life like Nixon's is filled with shame and filled with glory. He loved to quote Teddy Roosevelt: "He was a man;… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
[Nixon] reduced the meaning of his life to nothing but power. In the film, we gave this sad figure consciousness of what… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other religions were… — Oliver Stone Copy Share
I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it. — Oliver Stone Copy Share
I've liked different women at different times in my life. I've been attracted to white women. I've been attracted to black women. I've been… — Oliver Stone Copy Share
By creating false environment of a war on drugs, and cruel and unusual punishment with these crimes, 50% of our U.S. population is in… — Oliver Stone Copy Share
Everyone in the world is impacted by the United States' Big Brother attitude toward the world. We need countries to say no to the… — Oliver Stone Copy Share
I didn't like my classmates at Yale. George W.Bush was in my class. I didn't know it then. — Oliver Stone Copy Share
Obama is now fighting for his life. He's fighting for a federal government. I believe in a federal government. I hope it sticks around.… — Oliver Stone Copy Share
Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought murder. The line between thinking murder and doing murder… — Oliver Stone Copy Share
The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror. — Oliver Stone Copy Share
There are a few versions of the Alexander movie on video, only two that matter. One is from 2007, and then the one from… — Oliver Stone Copy Share
I gave up on America. I read the Times just to find out what they're thinking. I read blogs. I get most of my… — Oliver Stone Copy Share
![“[Nixon] reduced the meaning of his life to nothing but power. In the film, we gave this sad figure consciousness of what he was. We weren't right to do that - I don't think he did have that consciousness. But we did it for movie reasons - to create empathy.” quote by Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/oliver-stone-1812_consciousness_nixon-reduced-the-meaning-of-his-life-to_3184838.jpg)