Skateboarding is forever, and things like college and girls only ruin an endlessly savored adolescence.

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.

Exercise is not an instant cure, but you need to get your brain working again, and if you move your body your brain won't have any choice.

Sometimes you can't speak, not because others won't let you, but because you are afraid of what you'll say.

Courage is the moment when an ordinary being becomes an extraordinary being.

The most powerful weapon deployed by the Clintons is the corporate media, the press.

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach .

Being in love is better than being in jail, a dentist's chair, or a holding pattern over Philadelphia, but not if he doesn't love you back.

I am going to do everything I can to clear my name.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

Destroy the old files, but make copies first.