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

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.

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.

It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.

When you see Happiness as a far sighted vision or goal, you miss the happiness within!

I am Not a Pirate, I merely watch movies and delete them. Never store them on my computer.

There was always something to learn from listening to and understanding people´s viewpoints.

I hope to return. I’ll do so if I’m not killed. Probably will anyway.

Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.

It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.

If in many of my productions terror has been the thesis, I maintain that terror is not of Germany, but of the soul.

Never mistake motive for action.

Leaving [from EU] will allow us to return real democratic control to important areas of national life; from international trade, the right to work and live in Britain to business regulation.

The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?