I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines.

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.

I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you. Dairy is bad for you. Forget the ads: Milk and eggs are bad for you.

I do not fear death. 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.

Consistency is what produces Results, not Complacency. WATCH OUT!

A willingness to let go of an old self and allow creative thoughts to remake a person into a better version of oneself requires an act of courage.

For while it is of no particular importance how many things you start in life, it is of great importance how many you finish!

I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.

We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection requires a strong constitution and the ability to resist.

All I am is the trick of words writing themselves.

I don't know what popping-and-locking is but I know to lock my car door whenever people are doing it.

In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

Self-education is a continuing source of pleasure to me, for the more I know, the fuller my life is and the better I appreciate my own existence

The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.