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I love the act of writing. I like the quiet, internal aspect of it. If I lost track of that, I couldn't direct the same way. I couldn't be a director for-hire it's just not my nature.

Oliver Stone

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Oliver Stone
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: September 15
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William Oliver Stone
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