Stanley Kubrick Biography

On himself:

“Part of my problem is that I cannot dispel the myths that have accumulated over the years. For instance, I’ve read that I wear a football helmet in the car!”

“I never learned anything at all in school, and didn’t read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.”

“I am afraid of aeroplanes…I’ve been able to avoid flying for some time, but I suppose, if I had to, I would.”

On film:

“If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed.”

“A filmmaker has almost the same amount of freedom as a novelist when he buys himself some paper.”

“Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.”

“A film is - or should be - more like music than fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emtion, the meaning, all that comes later.”

“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.”