Steven Soderbergh

“You can't be a storyteller and a speechmaker at the same time.”

“I'm always looking for a way to surprise myself.”

“For me, the filmmaking process is totally analogous to how I process the world.”

“I don't think art is a mirror. I think it's a hammer.”

“I think the job of a director is to be a problem solver.”

“It's just as valuable to have a conversation about a movie that you hate as it is about a movie that you love.”

“Every movie I make is a reaction to the movie I made before.”

“What you're trying to do as a director is to create a benevolent dictatorship.”

“The worst thing you can do is to be insincere.”

“Ideas are not the problem. The problem is execution.”

“Cinema is a language. It can be used to tell a story.”

“A movie is a result of a series of decisions, and if you can influence those decisions, you have an impact.”

“Failure is a key component of innovation.”

“I'm not an expert in anything. I'm a professional appreciator.”

“I'm interested in the grammar of film.”

“Technology is the great leveler. It's the great equalizer.”