It is comforting to think that we can love so powerfully that fate itself wheels and turns at the command of our souls.

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.

If you are landing it doesn't really matter who is sitting beside you but while you are taking off, it is very important you know who is around you. Eagles don't flock with pigeons.

Alas! with all her reasoning, she found, that to retentive feelings eight years may be little more than nothing.

Anyway, I'm glad you found her. (Calypso) You promised to find a way back to her, and I just wanted to say that if we do survive all this, I'll do anything to help you. Thats a promise I will keep.

Passionately protest mediocrity.

Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.

A fight is 10% physical and 90% mental.

Freedom is a new religion, the religion of our time.

Will I ever get control of my life? Will I always be shoved back and pushed around by those I trust?

When it's hardest to pray are usually the times I need to pray the hardest. Not sure if that's irony or common sense.

He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.