I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

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.

No one will recognize you unless you had done a thing.

You don’t have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is “I don’t know”.

The love of knowledge is a kind of madness.

Every age is an unknown country.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

I'd be vegetarian if bacon grew on trees

Its hard to show people everything, you know? You never know what they'll do with it once they have it.

I believe you can have a much better life if you are true to your core self, and therefore guided by love and intuitive inner knowing.

What makes a man a man are his deeds, his responsibilities, and his reactions... These things are also what makes a man a monster.

This was the door to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.