As far as writing I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like 'The Godfather' or 'Dog Day Afternoon' or 'The Graduate.' You watch one of those and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies it makes you think If that counts I certainly could write.

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies but he says they are not good enough for him to watch.

Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone.

Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Before I go to bed at night I ice my face because it closes your pores and makes a difference in the morning.

In Rio Bravo when Duke makes love to Feathers the scene dissolves to the next morning where we see him putting on his vest and almost humming. It was subtle but you knew what happened. Give me a towel and some blankets any day!

This morning of the small snow I count the blessings the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time the drop of the water on water.

That's the biggest part of doing comics: You have to create stuff that makes you want to get out of bed every morning and get to work.

I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.

We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't in small ways. That's what makes a character like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale.

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

At the end of the day money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.

Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.

For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks financial speculation real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies.

Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it you're lucky.

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.

Money is not the only answer but it makes a difference.

It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.

Men make counterfeit money in many more cases money makes counterfeit men.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.