Why has Scandinavia been producing such good thrillers? Maybe because their filmmakers can't afford millions for CGI and must rely on cheaper elements like, you know, stories and characters.

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.

If you ever feel the need of my love, just open the window. My heart will always be there.

If the map doesn't agree with the ground the map is wrong

The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.

The true creator-self is a light at heart and free child, who accesses destiny as a simple act of joyful play.

What we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of what lies inside ourselves.

Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country?

A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.

To turn the other cheek is to teach would-be cheats that cheating pays.

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.