Whit Stillman

Quotes

• “If you're sort of interested in politics but sort of upset about contemporary politics, it's kind of wonderful to read a...”
• “So much of selling a film in the industry is about creating a fulcrum where all the pressure comes to bear, and somethin...”
• “I remember trying to write at 1, 1:30 A.M., and just sort of falling asleep. And I think that was actually a good creati...”
• “My friends in Paris are writers, or something like that, whereas my friends in New York are doing cool stuff in finance ...”
• “A very sad moment for me was when my parents separated - a lot of crying, 'It's tragic, we're now a broken family, blah ...”
• “When I'm writing fiction, I read nonfiction or biographies. Now I'm watching very old movies or old foreign films. I don...”