I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.

Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish

It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.

Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma.

The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.

It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.

I am a clown, just without the painted smile.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.

A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.

I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

How much do I owe you?

Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.

Eternity: a moment standing still for ever.

You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.

I never leave my house. Then I don't have to put a bra on, and I don't have to change my pants.

Letting off ammunition in every direction, Allah is my only protection. But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same.

In school [I wanted] to be an English teacher.

I don't have a sense of time. Time is timeless to me, and I'm not in a hurry to get older. I mean, if I were worried about time, all the time, it would be terrible.

When I make a new movie, I always get stuck with, "That's not an Oliver Stone film." But I don't know what to do about that except just move on.

One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.

Danger and anger are everywhere. Love is the rarity, the gem buried in the core of the mine, the outpost of God.