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.

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

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.

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?