'Marley' does what is probably the best possible job of documenting an important life.

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.

My love, wherever you are - whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you.

We have eyelids but not earlids, for the ears are the portals of learning, and Nature wanted to keep them wide open.

Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless.

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

When you interact with another, an illusion is part of this dynamic. This illusion allows each soul to perceive what it needs to understands in order to heal.

Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

Never give up on what you really want to do

There are secret articles in our treaties with the gods, of more importance than all the rest, which the historian can never know.

The crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated.

I want nothing from You but to see You.