I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.

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.

Everyone loves the idea of "disruption" in business, but no one likes it when it happens to them.

I'm kind of an evangelical atheist.

When your spirit is heavy, when your heart is broken, when your burdens seem unbearable - trust Him. Look to Him.

In a Giraffe institution, the head nurse job would be to serve the nurses, not to control them. Teachers are there to serve the students, not control them.

Genuine wit implies no small amount of wisdom and culture.

Awards are always a pleasant surprise. They are the candy-floss parts of our job - a lovely added extra to attract people's attention. The bottom line is that you want to sell tickets.

We are all different and that's okay.

I put the pistol by my head, and say a prayer. I see visions of me dead, Lord are you there?

The heavenly-harness'd team Begins his golden progress in the east.