If you can act as if something is true, in a sense that makes it true.

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.

You cannot replay time.

In many times, after creating a piece of work I want to stand up and applaud.

Hard core authors are determined about their craft, and they know that building a brand entails hard work. They eat, breathe and live their writing.:

Faith is a firm hope.

I feel so bad about my MBE now that I am going to tie it around my cat.

Fortune comes well to all that comes not late.

Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception.

Isn't it possible, he wondered, for one person to love another without trying to own each other? Or is that buried so deep in our genes that we can never get it out? Territoriality.

Actors who say they don't watch TV are stupid. I was raised by TV! And it's how I research for auditions.

Let me get this straight. Your table ran away because you polished it with Windex?