Thinking Quotes by Steven Spielberg

I think all directors should be animators...

— Steven Spielberg

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.

— Steven Spielberg

I always like to think of the audience when I am directing. Because I am the audience.

— Steven Spielberg

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

— Steven Spielberg

I just think that the qualities of leadership are unknown even to the leader until he's tested and given a challenge.

— Steven Spielberg

I don't do the running commentary as the movie's playing. I think you should be able to watch the movie without listening…

— Steven Spielberg

My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.

— Steven Spielberg

Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that's what I think keeps me hungry.

— Steven Spielberg

I think in terms of chapters. Every time I finish a movie, it's a chapter. When one of my kids graduates from…

— Steven Spielberg

I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have…

— Steven Spielberg

I hate that people think it's wrong to say you're inspired by Jaws or by Raiders Of The Lost Ark. You're allowed…

— Steven Spielberg

There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.

— Steven Spielberg

I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway…

— Steven Spielberg

I think every movie I've made after 'Indiana Jones,' I've tried to make every single movie as if it was made by…

— Steven Spielberg

I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my father. And then…

— Steven Spielberg

The age doesn't really matter to me as it seems to matter to other people. A lot of people think that youth…

— Steven Spielberg

People can relate to horses. Horses, I think, are basically in our genetic history. Horses were part of our culture, part of…

— Steven Spielberg

I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making…

— Steven Spielberg

I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the…

— Steven Spielberg

Remember, science fiction's always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It's easier for an audience…

— Steven Spielberg

There's going to be no more digital enhancements or digital additions to anything based on any film I direct. I'm not going…

— Steven Spielberg

The creative process is a very collaborative process. I know it might seem that way because so much ink is spilled and…

— Steven Spielberg

There's no other way to learn about it, except through documentaries. I encourage documentarians to continue telling stories about World War II.…

— Steven Spielberg

I can't describe it, what I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. This means something. This is important.

— Steven Spielberg

I love Rambo but I think it's potentially a very dangerous movie. It changes history in a frightening way.

— Steven Spielberg

I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to…

— Steven Spielberg

From the day I started to think politically and to develop my own moral values, from my earliest youth, I have been…

— Steven Spielberg

You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished,…

— Steven Spielberg

I think that the Internet is going to effect the most profound change on the entertainment industries combined. And we're all gonna…

— Steven Spielberg

I think the greatest thing about DVD is the quality of sound and picture; the real estate to put more extras on;…

— Steven Spielberg

I was a scared kid... I think I was born a nervous wreck, and I think movies were one way to find…

— Steven Spielberg

I think the secret of great acting is that you have to bring your imagination to the party. You have to have…

— Steven Spielberg

I think we need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet, and also take responsibility for the things…

— Steven Spielberg

The only movie that I would ever even consider retrofitting is the first 'Jurassic Park,' which I think would look pretty spectacular…

— Steven Spielberg

I think that the perceived downs in my own career come from just managing my time and not feeling that I have…

— Steven Spielberg

I was afraid of small spaces and I was afraid of the tree outside my window, and I had all these phobias.…

— Steven Spielberg

I think every film I make that puts characters in jeopardy is me purging my own fears, sadly only to re-engage with…

— Steven Spielberg

It [Lincoln movie] had nothing to do with politics. It had nothing to do with holding a mirror up to the way…

— Steven Spielberg

I've just always had a personal fascination with the myth of Abraham Lincoln. And once you start to read about him and…

— Steven Spielberg

I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody…

— Steven Spielberg