Roger Ebert Quotes

We spend too much time hiding illness.

Low self esteem involves imagining the worst that other people can think about you.

We must try to contribute joy to the world... I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.

Friends don't let Jackasses drink and drive.

Never marry someone who doesn’t love the movies you love. Sooner or later, that person will not love you.

I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear

One, don’t wait for inspiration, just start the damned thing. Two, once you begin, keep on until the end. How do you know how the story should begin until you find out where it’s going?

You can't say it wasn't interesting.

So much of what happens by chance forms what becomes your life.

The sad thing is that when movies like this fail, executives think that proves there's no audience for unusual, original pictures - because they think they've made one.

It’s hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.

In thinking about 'depressing movies, ' many people don't realize that all bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are.