476 Quotes by Steven Spielberg

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.

There is no such thing as science fiction, there is only science eventuality.

I get very, very anxious on the set. I have a thousand ideas and I don't censor myself. I wind up cutting some of them out in the editing room. I shoot needless footage and then don't use it later on in the process.

My problem is that my imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast. I've never run out of energy. It's not like OPEC oil; I don't worry about a premium going on my energy. It's just always been there. I got it from my mom.

Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.

I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.

My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do.

I love Rambo but I think it's potentially a very dangerous movie. It changes history in a frightening way.

Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.