--- title: "15 Way Quotes By Oliver Stone" description: "15 Way quotes by Oliver Stone. Plus more from Oliver Stone and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/oliver-stone-1812_book_you-don-t-always-have-to-have-an-e-book_1761462.jpg" --- > [You don't always have to have an e-book. You can have a real book. I'd like to see the old way maintain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/you-don-t-always-have-to-have-an-e-book-you-can-have-a-real-book-i-d/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/oliver-stone-1812_book_you-don-t-always-have-to-have-an-e-book_1761462.jpg) > [I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-m-terrible-at-horror-movies-by-the-way-i-get-scared-so-easily/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/oliver-stone-1812_horror_i-m-terrible-at-horror-movies-by-the-way_2433224.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/oliver-stone-1812_doe_what-i-ve-experienced-i-m-trying-to-put_2893911.jpg) > [Television has usurped everybody from film. And so have commercials, by the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/television-has-usurped-everybody-from-film-and-so-have-commercials-by/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/oliver-stone-1812_cinema_television-has-usurped-everybody-from-fi_370352.jpg) > [I see films in theaters, and I enjoy films. I enjoy the art of storytelling, and the different ways to tell them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-see-films-in-theaters-and-i-enjoy-films-i-enjoy-the-art-of/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/oliver-stone-1812_art_i-see-films-in-theaters-and-i-enjoy-film_1632094.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/oliver-stone-1812_history_i-m-a-dramatist-dramatists-have-a-right_47593.jpg) > [Obama took a bad situation and, in certain ways, made it worse. ... I find Obama scary in a way that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/obama-took-a-bad-situation-and-in-certain-ways-made-it-worse-i-find/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/oliver-stone-1812_bad-situation_obama-took-a-bad-situation-and-in-certai_1679815.jpg) > [What scares me most about the media is that so many of them don't realize that by presenting and highlighting certain issues,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/what-scares-me-most-about-the-media-is-that-so-many-of-them-don-t/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/oliver-stone-1812_belief_what-scares-me-most-about-the-media-is-t_720112.jpg) > [I knew that one day I would come to this point that I would make something so outrageous and so ambitious that...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-knew-that-one-day-i-would-come-to-this-point-that-i-would-make/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/oliver-stone-1812_ambitious_i-knew-that-one-day-i-would-come-to-this_2253562.jpg) > [We are seeing entertainment become politics and we're seeing people acting out in ways that are extremely violent and destabilizing. No rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/we-are-seeing-entertainment-become-politics-and-we-re-seeing-people/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/oliver-stone-1812_acting_we-are-seeing-entertainment-become-polit_3195174.jpg) > [I love the act of writing. I like the quiet, internal aspect of it. If I lost track of that, I couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-love-the-act-of-writing-i-like-the-quiet-internal-aspect-of-it-if-i/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/oliver-stone-1812_aspect_i-love-the-act-of-writing-i-like-the-qui_341189.jpg) > [ \[When making movies I\] set out to be authentic to \[myself\] and to put it down the way \[I\] feel it and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/when-making-movies-i-set-out-to-be-authentic-to-myself-and-to-put-it/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/oliver-stone-1812_authentic_when-making-movies-i-set-out-to-be-authe_2364934.jpg) > [Every movie requires its own style. Just be honest to the story. Tell the story in the best possible way that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/every-movie-requires-its-own-style-just-be-honest-to-the-story-tell/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/oliver-stone-1812_being-honest_every-movie-requires-its-own-style-just_982367.jpg) > [I guess you could say Alexander the Great was a man who completely transported me and moved me and inspired me because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/i-guess-you-could-say-alexander-the-great-was-a-man-who-completely/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/oliver-stone-1812_age_i-guess-you-could-say-alexander-the-grea_2868058.jpg) > [When you look at the global situation, if America learned to be one of the many countries in the world and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-stone/when-you-look-at-the-global-situation-if-america-learned-to-be-one-of/) [Oliver Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/oliver-stone-1812_america_when-you-look-at-the-global-situation-if_1523251.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/oliver-stone/#itemlist", "name": "15 Way Quotes By Oliver Stone", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't always have to have an e-book. You can have a real book. 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No rules apply. 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