Who was the real Hitchcock? I interviewed him once and haven't a clue.

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.

What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?

They still didn’t talk on the bus, but it had become a less confrontational silence. Almost friendly. (But not quite.)

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

Few people are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application.

Playing a flute is like writing a book. You're telling what's in your heart...It's easier to play if it's right from your heart. You get the tone, and the fingers will follow.

While contemporary non-Evangelicals have virtually reduced faith to 'courageous ignorance,' Evangelicals have hardly been faithful in defending God's objective communication of truth.

Movies, by nature, are not subjective, they're objective.

Did you seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls only did that on TV.