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

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.

Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up.

Predators and prey always coexist. That's why we have galleries as well as photographers.

I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks.

Misery, depression, elation all mine, refine confinement all my design.

There are plenty of quacks in the field. Fewer than you'd expect, though still plenty (in alternative medicine).

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.

I have doubtless erred more or less in politics, but a crime I never committed.

Poetry cannot block a bullet or still a sjambok, but it can bear witness to brutality-thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard.

Make a list of your friends and determine who is the most positive thinker among them and deliberately cultivate his society.

Diversity means understanding.