I'm very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn't have as many good movies as we do have.

I think one thing that always attracted me to movies was the personalities. I went to movies not because the stories necessarily appealed to me, but because of the people in them.

I can't imagine any one more delightful to sit and talk with about movies on a regular basis.

There are not that many people in the movies today that really make me go out and buy a movie ticket.

The press today is full of people who are not qualified and not trying very hard to be good reporters.

America once had the clarity of the pioneer ax.

It's hard to be reverent today when directors make films that are not as good. There will be time later, though, when their lesser films are forgotten and just focus on the greatness.

The closest to Hepburn is Cate Blanchett.

I think 'Elf' is funny, with Will Ferrell. That's a great Christmas movie.

My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day.

If human beings cannot inhabit the earth, where else could they live?

A story that is more interesting than any novel written by Nicolas Spark

Intimacy and romance are not synonymous.

Fanaticism comes in as many flavors as there are human beings.

A court is like a scene, people want to see attractive people.

If you could eat portions of pine trees, you could eliminate corn in many ways.

To say that secular means irreligious implies that all the arts and sciences are irreligious, and is very like saying that all professions except that of the law are illegal.

When I work alone, it can be like dabbling with a canvas. Maybe you paint over bits, and it starts to form its own life and lead you off in a direction. It becomes an intuitive, subconscious process.

The good thing about breaking up is that you have nothing else to lose.