In thinking about 'depressing movies, ' many people don't realize that all bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are.

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.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

No, actually I'm trying to stay away from the big screen.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to do a big radio country album.

Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.

The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.

I don't do things lightly, I don't take a job then just phone it in, I've never done that.

To be a philosopher... is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

Your enlightenment is more powerful than your ignorance.

Here I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain.