"One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film."

“Citizen Kubrick" in The Guardian”

“The reason movies are often so bad out here isn't because the people who make them are cynical money hacks. Most of them are doing the very best they can; they really want to make good movies. The trouble is with their heads, not their hearts.”

“I don't like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what's even worse, of being quoted exactly.”

“Think was about the Holocaust?... That was about success, wasn’t it? The Holocaust is about six million people who get killed. ‘'Schindler’s List’' is about 600 who don’t. Anything else?”

“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”

“Stanley Kubrick: The Master Filmmaker”