We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls.

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.

No sooner have you feasted on beauty with your eyes than your mind tells you that beauty is vain and beauty passes

Capturing moments other may never get to experience.

If your values are not used as the constitution of your organization, or if they are compromised, they become just words on paper.

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

It was you readers who really came through, proving once again that when the American people decide to "get involved" in a problem, it is best not to let them have any sharp implements.

Since 2004, Britain has been the destination for 1 in 5 of all inward investments into Europe. And being part of the Single Market has been key to that success.

Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.

We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.

Nothing makes you happier than when you really reach out in mercy to someone who is badly hurt.

A married man has many cares, but a bachelor no pleasures.