Take a stress pill and think things over– HAL in 2001
STANLEY KUBRICKYou sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it’s really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.
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The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
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A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction.
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There’s something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.
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God has a hard-on for a Marine because we kill everything we see. He plays His game, we play ours.
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The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
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I’m happy – at times – making films. I’m certainly unhappy not making films.
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Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
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It’s a mistake to confuse pity with love.
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I’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.
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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.
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All my life I’ve always spoiled the things that meant the most to me.
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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
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I, uh, don’t think it’s quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.
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Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion.
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Don’t get obsessed with not liking a movie.
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