The arts were like, there's no opponent. It's just yourself. I'm not saying they don't make the arts a competition with awards… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
My working method has always been, 'Work really hard and get it right the first time.' — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I look up and go, 'I'm living in the world I visualized a long time ago.' From making movies, to the Film… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
No one believes this, but when I'm working, it's the same, whether I'm working on 'Bad News Bears,' 'Before Sunset,' 'A Scanner… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I always thought that I had a pretty diverse body of work, I mean, as far as subject matter. Teenage rock and… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
In interviews, I never wanted to play into the myth of, 'Yeah, I was sitting there doing nothing, and then made 'Slacker.''… — 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
