476 Quotes by Steven Spielberg

I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera.

[The way Stanley Kubrick] tells a story is antithetical to the way we are accustomed to receiving stories.

I've just always had a personal fascination with the myth of Abraham Lincoln. And once you start to read about him and the Civil War and everything leading up to the Civil War, you start to understand that the myth is created when we think we understand a character and we reduce him to a kind of cultural national stereotype.

My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.

I hate that people think it's wrong to say you're inspired by Jaws or by Raiders Of The Lost Ark. You're allowed to be.

It is important to know who your friends are and to stay, remain loyal to your friends, despite what you hear, despite the mistakes that are made in friendships and misunderstandings that commonly occur, to be able to forgive and to move on, you have to be able to remember the values of friendship.

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.

All through my career I've done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start.

I'm very collaborative with everybody on the set.