That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.

In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?

I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.

The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life.

There is a point when a personal opinion shades off into an error of fact.

Two things are not debatable: eroticism, and comedy. If you don't think it's sexy, or funny, there's no way I can change your mind.

John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.

They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in.

A film that aims low should not be praised for hitting that target.

But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think.

You won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

The longer I live, the more I'm convinced the world is just one big high school, with the cool kids always targeting the uncool.

Arguing with a dead man in a lavatory is a claustrophobic experience.

Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.

Time is wealth, and unlike money when it is gone you cannot replace it.

Baseball is a religion in my classroom. It's a very important part of life, baseball.

Every generation seems to have its members who think the world has gone to hell and a hand basket and that they need to explain a challenging world to their kids.

No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to forget.

The extreme parts of time extremely forms all causes to the purpose of his speed.