Everybody has their black moments.
STANLEY KUBRICKHow does anybody ever think of anything?
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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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It’s a mistake to confuse pity with love.
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You either connect or you don’t connect. It’s not the end of the world. It’s a movie.
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You’re constantly changing man. But the film’s not changing. The film stays the same. That’s the beautiful aspect of it.
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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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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
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How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: ‘The lady is smiling because she is hiding a secret from her lover.’ This would shackle the viewer to reality, and I don’t want this to happen to 2001.
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I’m happy – at times – making films. I’m certainly unhappy not making films.
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Anybody who runs is a VC. Anybody who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.
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A satirist is someone who has a very skeptical view of human nature, but who still has the optimism to make some sort of a joke out of it. However brutal that joke might be.
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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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How does anybody ever think of anything?
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The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
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The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
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I’ve never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.
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