We exist to have our wealth moved up the economic chain out of our reach.

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.

Desiree. It's like falling in love every night and having your heart broken every morning... Having more memory is just a way of distorting a greater amount of the past.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.

I don’t expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.

Buying coffee on the street instead of in a Starbucks is the poor man's way to get rich. In other words, you will never get rich by scratching out ten cents from your dollar.

We're very concerned with language and how language works. We're trying to engage people rather than dictate how they should be thinking.

...no cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. Unlike human beings, who enjoy them.

I address a strong appeal from my heart that the dignity and safety of the worker always be protected.

We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.

That's what yoga teaches: how to be fully present now, no matter the circumstance.