The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented.

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.

I used to worry about tomorrow, but that was before I survived yesterday. Now it's one breath at a time.

I do have a girl that sets the moon and stars.

What kind of wonderful God is this who reaches down into the lives of people, picks them up, grants them faith, and changes them!

Your life is not a dress rehearsal - this is it! It's show time!

It is the unforeseeable that creates the event.

Her memory's your love. You want no other.

Your self-worth has nothing to do with your craft or calling, and everything to do with how you treat yourself.

The big problem is to find suitable hats. I don't care for them all that much, but you have to wear them in politics.

I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes upon.

Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum