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> [What I've experienced, I'm trying to put in a narrative form, I suppose, to say that it does make sense in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/what-i-ve-experienced-i-m-trying-to-put-in-a-narrative-form-i-suppose/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [I'm trying to understand my life. The one that I've experienced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-m-trying-to-understand-my-life-the-one-that-i-ve-experienced/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [You always try to find the right style for the movie. That's the key.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/you-always-try-to-find-the-right-style-for-the-movie-that-s-the-key/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-am-not-trying-to-be-a-historian-and-a-dramatist-i-m-a-dramatist-a/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [I think you should do rehearsal and work at it, but when the camera rolls, you should be ready. Try to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-think-you-should-do-rehearsal-and-work-at-it-but-when-the-camera/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [The beauty of history is that historians have the ability to find patterns, the big picture. When you make a movie, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/the-beauty-of-history-is-that-historians-have-the-ability-to-find/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [In trying to make a broader historical point about the range of atrocities the Germans committed against many people, I made a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/in-trying-to-make-a-broader-historical-point-about-the-range-of/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [The U.S. ultimately decides what the national security threat is. They put Russia one, Iran two, China three - the terrorists are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/the-u-s-ultimately-decides-what-the-national-security-threat-is-they/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [Franklin Roosevelt is one of the great leaders because he does get along with other people. He makes this huge effort. He's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/franklin-roosevelt-is-one-of-the-great-leaders-because-he-does-get/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [I want my children to have access to something that looks beyond what I call the tyranny of now. You read the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-want-my-children-to-have-access-to-something-that-looks-beyond-what/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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> [I was trying to find out what happened in my lifetime, because I was an older man. We lived through two terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-was-trying-to-find-out-what-happened-in-my-lifetime-because-i-was/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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## Other authors on Trying

## More by Oliver Stone

> [“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other religions were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/the-west-won-the-world-not-by-the-superiority-of-its-ideas-or-values/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-m-a-dramatist-dramatists-have-a-right-to-look-at-history-and/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [Christianity did take a lot of Greek concepts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/christianity-did-take-a-lot-of-greek-concepts/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-ve-liked-different-women-at-different-times-in-my-life-i-ve-been/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/by-creating-false-environment-of-a-war-on-drugs-and-cruel-and-unusual/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [Everyone in the world is impacted by the United States' Big Brother attitude toward the world. We need countries to say no to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/everyone-in-the-world-is-impacted-by-the-united-states-big-brother/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [I might as well be myself. Everyone else is taken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-might-as-well-be-myself-everyone-else-is-taken/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [I didn't like my classmates at Yale. George W.Bush was in my class. I didn't know it then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-didn-t-like-my-classmates-at-yale-george-w-bush-was-in-my-class-i/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [There is this thing about time that you can't see at the time you're at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/there-is-this-thing-about-time-that-you-can-t-see-at-the-time-you-re/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [I'm trying to understand my life. The one that I've experienced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-m-trying-to-understand-my-life-the-one-that-i-ve-experienced/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/obama-is-now-fighting-for-his-life-he-s-fighting-for-a-federal/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/anybody-who-s-been-through-a-divorce-will-tell-you-that-at-one-point/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/the-worst-nightmare-i-ever-had-about-vietnam-was-that-i-had-to-go/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [There are a few versions of the Alexander movie on video, only two that matter. One is from 2007, and then the one from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/there-are-a-few-versions-of-the-alexander-movie-on-video-only-two/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-gave-up-on-america-i-read-the-times-just-to-find-out-what-they-re/)

[Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/)

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