As a teenager, I wanted to write novels. By college, it was theater, plays, and then, shortly, it was film. — 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 dialogue. That goes all the way through shooting. All kinds of thoughts and ideas can find their way in there. As long as you're all on - We're just all trying to tell the story so… — Richard Linklater Copy Share
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
