Romantic Orientalism was fascinated by the color and excitement of a powerful culture, and nearly always approached its subject with love.

One should always avoid unnecessary unhappiness. Especially if one is an immortal. They taught us that in school.

If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I hope you have a high tolerance for pratfalls.

England was a cold, backward, rebellious little kingdom. It's king: Henry the Eighth, remembered principally for his six wives and the chicken legs clutched in his fat fists.

I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.

People who like to fume about the manner in which Disney changed beloved classics are often ignorant of history, not to mention the realities of show business.

In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.

The 1910 Edison film of Frankenstein was itself a dead thing revived by technology.

I may cut my coat to follow fashion, sir, but not my conscience.

I want you to tell all these people that I wanted more time to spend with them. Tell them I meant to, tell them I wanted to hear what they said and tell them what was on my mind.

Your perspective is always limited by how much you know. Expand your knowledge and you will transform your mind.

I'm here because she's here, and she belongs to me. ~Rephaim

Religion teaches us to fight against our natural instincts but it thrives on them

A leader is firm enough to be responsive to changes.

The Spanish and Cuban people have the same kind of wakes the Irish do. They go on for two or three days and drink a lot of booze and eat a lot of food.

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.

I...am always glad to touch the living rock again and dip my hand in the high mountain air.

The artist in his calling of interpreter creates because he must. He is so much of a voice that, for him, silence is like death

A "critic" is a man who creates nothing.