Stanley Kubrick

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

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

Art consists of reshaping life, but it does not create life nor cause life.

I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill gangster film; it was a love story.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.