Agility Quote by Whit Stillman

I think it's really good and helpful to have the people you most admire in some other discipline than what you work in. It's…

— Whit Stillman

For me, the present is a golden era. That's the greatest golden era. Right now. I just like pining for lost times.

— Whit Stillman

I decided the moment I graduated from college that I would never wear blue jeans again. And I have never worn blue jeans again.

— Whit Stillman

I think Austin is read more now than Charles Dickens, and Dickens was much more popular in his day. She endures because of her…

— Whit Stillman

I find it really disturbing to be watching a lot of the medium that I'm trying to work in. I prefer to be doing…

— Whit Stillman

I think a lot of ["Cosmopolitans"] is marked by [Jerome David] Salinger. Salinger wouldn't allow his works to be adapted for film after his…

— Whit Stillman

I explained to Amazon that I don't like outlining or projecting what something's going to be. I like to allow a story to arise…

— Whit Stillman

I would say on the other side of the equation that there were really some massive sales and massive enthusiasm for some films that…

— Whit Stillman

It becomes a lot better for the actors when we're 'shooting, shooting, shooting,' instead of waiting around in a trailer for something to happen.

— Whit Stillman

Find someone hypersocial and crazy and try not to follow them to their doom, but to make friends with their nicer friends.

— Whit Stillman

It's terrible to write what are essentially comedies for people with no sense of humor. Everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, but…

— Whit Stillman

I've had no money, absolutely, from my family. They paid for a good education - or schools that purported to be a good education…

— Whit Stillman