If the goal is to get the best artists actors and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies Hollywood does a decent job. And I think no one would disagree with me that it also makes a ton of bad movies and employs a bunch of hacks.

When people ask me what makes movies great it's the material.

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.