I'd rather be called a N*gger than a Slave.

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.

The necessity of creation is the sovereign power of choice

You chose to live here now. You should try to live in the present.

History didn’t always predict the future. You had to live it one day at a time to find out what happened next.

Change starts with imagination

There is magic in the old and magic in the new

Love, happiness, peace - these are not final destinations. They are in every moment, every breath, everything.

I've always thought live albums were cop-outs.

We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.

Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind.

I'm a huge fan of Warner Brothers cartoons. I would spend many hours alone after school watching Daffy Duck. I think Daffy Duck is one of the great comedic villains.