Storytelling is powerful; film particularly. We can know a lot of things intellectually, but humans really live on storytelling. Primarily with ourselves;… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
When I did 'Slacker,' I didn't own cowboy hats or boots. I was like, 'That's not me.' — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
The natural phenomenon of the universe is so mind-blowing, but you have to know about it. You have to be curious. You've… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to prove an emotional point. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
There are so many great artists, I think, who kind of suffer from being icons, legends, acknowledged masters. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I think people forget how radical the narrative of 'Slacker' is. There's no story, you know? We could go from one character to the… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
It's just too late to ban all guns. There are 300 million. We should've done that after the Civil War - that's when we… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I remember when I made 'A Scanner Darkly,' going, 'I hope people see it in theater - but I think it's going to be… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Normally my process is to sit in a room and read a script and talk about it and ask questions and just create a… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's easier to get on the subway and not be… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
If you establish rules and play by them, the audience will buy in. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I like films that just put you in someone's world. It can be very subversive. Hitchcock would put you in the mind of a… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
