Stanley Kubrick

What I'm trying to do is make films that are a little bit ahead of their time, that will still be relevant in twenty or thirty years.

I don't think there's any such thing as a happy ending. I think there's just an ending.

The thing about movies is that they're a reflection of life, but they're also a way of escaping from it.

I like to think of myself as a storyteller. That's what I am, essentially.

The great thing about being a director is that you get to play God. You get to create your own world, and you get to control everything in it.

I think that the human mind is a very fragile thing, and that it can be easily corrupted.

The problem with most people is that they're not willing to take risks. They want to play it safe, and that's why they never achieve anything great.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

I don't believe in God, but I'm not an atheist. I'm an agnostic. I don't know if there's a God or not, and I don't think anyone else does either.

The thing about life is that it's a tragedy, but it's also a comedy. It's both at the same time.

I think that the greatest works of art are the ones that are the most ambiguous, that can be interpreted in many different ways.

The most important thing for an artist is to be true to himself, and not to compromise his vision for anyone else.

I'm not interested in making films that are politically correct. I'm interested in making films that are honest, and that reflect the truth, even if it's an uncomfortable truth.

The future is not something that happens to us. It's something that we create.

I think that the human race is capable of great things, but it's also capable of great evil.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

I don't believe in inspiration. I believe in hard work, and I believe in technique.

The Holocaust was about Jews being killed, but the real story is that six million people were killed for no reason.

Violence is one of the most dramatic forms of human interaction.

The only way to deal with the insane is to become insane yourself.