Steven Spielberg

I don't dream in black and white. I dream in Technicolor. And it's usually 2.35:1 anamorphic.

I am not a person who walks into a room and says, 'I have something to say.' I'm just a storyteller.

I'm a little bit of a monster when I get into a film. I'm a little bit of a tyrant. I'm a little bit of a megalomaniac.

I don't think I've ever made a movie that I didn't want to make. I've made movies that I thought I wanted to make, and when I finished them, I realized I didn't want to make them.

I always wanted to be a magician. I was a really bad magician, and I think that's why I became a filmmaker. I just love illusions.

I'm a big believer in the supernatural. I'm a big believer in ghosts.

I'm not interested in being a visionary. I'm interested in telling a story.

I don't watch my own movies. I get too critical. I can't enjoy them.

I'm an optimist. I've always been an optimist. I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy.

I think the scariest thing about a monster is not knowing what it is.

I never went to film school. I learned by doing.

I still believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the government.

I'm a product of the 50s and 60s, a kid who grew up with television and movies.

I think special effects are a tool, not a story.

I'm not a nostalgic person. I live in the present and look to the future.

I have a lot of fear. I have a lot of anxieties. I have a lot of nightmares.

I don't believe in happy endings. I believe in happy journeys.

I love to scare people. I love to make people laugh. I love to make people cry.

I'm a very visual person. I think in pictures.

I think the greatest thing you can do for a child is to let them be a child.