A film that aims low should not be praised for hitting that target.

In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.

That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?

I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.

The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life.

There is a point when a personal opinion shades off into an error of fact.

Two things are not debatable: eroticism, and comedy. If you don't think it's sexy, or funny, there's no way I can change your mind.

John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.

They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in.

But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think.

Love is when you daydream about the other with open eyes and fantasize about with other even with closed eyes.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

I think it's a message of economic nationalism. It's obviously one that has bubbled up before in certain pockets, but it's never been the sort of powerful phenomenon that it is today.

Let's enjoy the aimless days while we still can.

You must constantly strive to enlarge your awareness. Naturally, if you do, you will have an uncommonly fine and happy life.

The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws.

Draw places you have seen from memory. I used to paint things I had glimpsed through windows while riding in the elevated train.

To ponder is not to brood or grieve or even meditate. It is to wonder at a deep level.

There is some pain that nothing heals" [Zarek}