--- title: "Best Richard Linklater Words" description: "Richard Linklater is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films which deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-linklater-78725.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-linklater-78725.jpg) # Richard Linklater (1960) Screenwriter **180** quotes in **676** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Richard Linklater is a screenwriter, best known for *Before sunrise*. ## Quick Facts About Richard Linklater Born July 30, 1960 Profession Screenwriter Notable works Before sunrise ## About Richard Linklater Richard Linklater is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films which deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Silver Bear, a César Award, and five Academy Award nominations. ## Quotes by Richard Linklater · Page 5 > [I'd be fine if there weren't film festivals, and you just made your films and didn't have to do anything from that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-d-be-fine-if-there-weren-t-film-festivals-and-you-just-made-your/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Aloof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aloof/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/richard-linklater-2192_aloof_i-d-be-fine-if-there-weren-t-film-festiv_2421552.jpg) > [Everybody just wants to appreciate time as it's passing, to be in the moment. It's the hardest thing to do. You're either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/everybody-just-wants-to-appreciate-time-as-it-s-passing-to-be-in-the/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/richard-linklater-2192_abstract_everybody-just-wants-to-appreciate-time_1639001.jpg) > [“It's tough, man. Unless it's a tentpole, sequel, remake, or over-the-top comedy, that's all the studios are even doing. They've kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/it-s-tough-man-unless-it-s-a-tentpole-sequel-remake-or-over-the-top/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Film](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/richard-linklater-2192_film_it-s-tough-man-unless-it-s-a-tentpole-se_2055177.jpg) > [When you're in love, you're asking someone else to fulfill all your unfulfilled needs, to make you whole, and to make you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/when-you-re-in-love-you-re-asking-someone-else-to-fulfill-all-your/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Feel good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel-good/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/richard-linklater-2192_feel-good_when-you-re-in-love-you-re-asking-someon_810747.jpg) > [When you're trying to get laid, everything's great, but once you've been with someone eight years and the future is not finite,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/when-you-re-trying-to-get-laid-everything-s-great-but-once-you-ve/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Eight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/richard-linklater-2192_eight_when-you-re-trying-to-get-laid-everythin_1389086.jpg) > [There are a million ideas in a world of stories. Humans are storytelling animals. Everything's a story, everyone's got stories, we're perceiving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/there-are-a-million-ideas-in-a-world-of-stories-humans-are/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/richard-linklater-2192_animal_there-are-a-million-ideas-in-a-world-of_2617606.jpg) > [As we know from our government, the more power you have, the more of a bureaucrat you are, and the more ego…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/as-we-know-from-our-government-the-more-power-you-have-the-more-of-a/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Bureaucrats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bureaucrats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/richard-linklater-2192_bureaucrats_as-we-know-from-our-government-the-more_2783448.jpg) > [“You know, that's what I hate: when you start talking like this, like you just pull in these things from the shit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/you-know-that-s-what-i-hate-when-you-start-talking-like-this-like-you/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Unoriginal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unoriginal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/richard-linklater-2192_unoriginal_you-know-that-s-what-i-hate-when-you-sta_3141736.jpg) > [As you get older, you want less from the world; you just want to experience it. Any barriers to feeling emotions get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/as-you-get-older-you-want-less-from-the-world-you-just-want-to/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Emotions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emotions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/richard-linklater-2192_emotions_as-you-get-older-you-want-less-from-the_661295.jpg) > ['The Newton Boys' was the one time I've made a film with really active characters who weren't at all self-reflexive and just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/the-newton-boys-was-the-one-time-i-ve-made-a-film-with-really-active/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Living](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/living/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/richard-linklater-2192_living_the-newton-boys-was-the-one-time-i-ve-ma_2223111.jpg) > [I can't help but think that at the end of your life, when you look back, there'll be a tone. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-can-t-help-but-think-that-at-the-end-of-your-life-when-you-look/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Day to day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day-to-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/richard-linklater-2192_day-to-day_i-can-t-help-but-think-that-at-the-end-o_1463553.jpg) > [Ulrik Ottinger was the most real and experimental of all the German New Wave directors. She was probably the most out-there, too.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/ulrik-ottinger-was-the-most-real-and-experimental-of-all-the-german/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/richard-linklater-2192_artist_ulrik-ottinger-was-the-most-real-and-exp_1507822.jpg) > [Some of our favorite films are obviously not written by the person who directed it. And yet a 'Taxi Driver,' or some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/some-of-our-favorite-films-are-obviously-not-written-by-the-person/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/richard-linklater-2192_cinema_some-of-our-favorite-films-are-obviously_894861.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/no-one-believes-this-but-when-i-m-working-it-s-the-same-whether-i-m/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cc/richard-linklater-2192_bad_no-one-believes-this-but-when-i-m-workin_2213644.jpg) > [Every film's different; every story is so different. But I think I've always been attracted to try to take something minimal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/every-film-s-different-every-story-is-so-different-but-i-think-i-ve/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/richard-linklater-2192_cinema_every-film-s-different-every-story-is-so_2020651.jpg) > [The natural phenomenon of the universe is so mind-blowing, but you have to know about it. You have to be curious. You've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/the-natural-phenomenon-of-the-universe-is-so-mind-blowing-but-you/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Curious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curious/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/richard-linklater-2192_curious_the-natural-phenomenon-of-the-universe-i_1781535.jpg) > [The film culture has no room for ideas. The literary culture has some room, but not less than they should, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/the-film-culture-has-no-room-for-ideas-the-literary-culture-has-some/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/richard-linklater-2192_cinema_the-film-culture-has-no-room-for-ideas-t_2037856.jpg) > [I think people forget how radical the narrative of 'Slacker' is. There's no story, you know? We could go from one character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-think-people-forget-how-radical-the-narrative-of-slacker-is-there-s/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/richard-linklater-2192_character_i-think-people-forget-how-radical-the-na_26859.jpg) > [I was dating girls who were actresses, and that was fun, so I took a playwriting class. But that was short-lived. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-was-dating-girls-who-were-actresses-and-that-was-fun-so-i-took-a/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Dating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dating/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/richard-linklater-2192_dating_i-was-dating-girls-who-were-actresses-an_2057783.jpg) > [“JESSE I have a time machine up in my room. I've come to save you just like I said I would. CELINE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/jesse-i-have-a-time-machine-up-in-my-room-i-ve-come-to-save-you-just/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Computers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ada/richard-linklater-2192_computers_jesse-i-have-a-time-machine-up-in-my-roo_1505413.jpg) ## Richard Linklater by topic [Film (47)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/richard-linklater/) [Cinema (37)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/richard-linklater/) [Time (24)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/richard-linklater/) [Thinking (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/richard-linklater/) [People (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/richard-linklater/) [World (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/richard-linklater/) [Life (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/richard-linklater/) [Kind (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/richard-linklater/) [Movie (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/richard-linklater/) [Way (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/richard-linklater/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/#itemlist", "name": "Richard Linklater Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd be fine if there weren't film festivals, and you just made your films and didn't have to do anything from that point on. 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