Steven Spielberg

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot.

The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.

A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

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.