[His acting] remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.

Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living our own lives.

She was a woman attempting to make some sense of, and get some satisfaction from, a life that seemed to have no more logic than a roulette wheel.

It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.

Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.

We are drawn to Twitter the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.

Miss Dietrich is not so much a performer as a one-woman environment.

Like Godard, Tati is also remarkably appreciative of the odd beauty that can be revealed in the shapes, patterns and colors created by the technology of planned obsolescence.

Nothing in Death Hunt makes a great deal of sense, though the scenery is rugged and the snowscapes beautiful.

The solemnity of the annual Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm with the cheerful bad taste of the grand opening of a shopping center in Los Angeles.

When you believe you reflect what is holy and good, you can see more that is good in every stage of your life. (319)

One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.

The roots of all commonwealth are planted in the understanding that we are all the same human beings.

To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.

I promise you, I will have something on the Internet that is game-changing. I can't lose.

The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story.

There is no bird flu in commercial stocks.

Everyday is a holiday when you're RVD

Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them.

I'll seek a four leaved shamrock in all thy fairy dells, And if I find the charmed leaves, oh, how I'll weave my spells!