Stanley Kubrick — "I don't think there's any such thing as a truly objective film. Every film is a …"

"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 truth of a thing is in the feeling of it, not in the thinking of it."

"The future is not a gift. It is an achievement."

"The very nature of the film medium demands that the director be a kind of dictator. You have to be."

"If you really want to understand a film, you have to watch it at least three times. The first time, you watch the story. The second time, you watch the characters. The third time, you watch the subtex…"