Quotes by Steven Spielberg

I dont dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; Im dreaming for living.

She wanted to go over and hug his tears away, but she was too frightened.

Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.

Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.

My first reaction, every time I delve into an episode of history that I don’t know very much about, is anger that my teachers never taught me about it.

Sadly, racial, ethnic, and cultural hatred and intolerance are not just history, they are current events.

He never gave up. And he does that for us

Daddy, are you going to yell at us some more today?Neary gazed down into her clear, guileless eyes. That was how he looked to her---a yelling machine. And she was prepared to accept more yelling because she loved him.

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful because were too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.

You cant start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.

Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before its popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; theyll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way.

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we cant even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.

Whether in success or in failure, Im proud of every single movie Ive ever directed.

I even get inspired by movies that arent very good, because theres always something good in movies that are collectively thought of as a failure. Theres good in everything, I find.

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

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

Remember, science fictions always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. Its easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that were preaching to them. Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one thats worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true.

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because were too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

All of us every single year, were a different person. I dont think were the same person all our lives.