„On The Beach is a story about the end of the world, and Melbourne sure is the right place to film it.“

— Ava Gardner

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„All the movies are about strange worlds that you can't go into unless you build them and film them. That's what's so important about film to me. I just like going into strange worlds.“
— David Lynch
„There are many, many dark things flowing around in this world right now, and most films reflect the world in which we live.“
— David Lynch
„People wanted the world to be a story, because stories had to sound right and they had to make sense. People wanted the world to make sense.“
— Terry Pratchett
„There is no story that is not true, […] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.“
— Chinua Achebe
„There's nothing like stories on a windy night when folks have found a warm place in a cold world.“
— Stephen King