A. O. Scott Quotes

Charlie Hebdo was and is not The Onion or "The Daily Show." This is a different kind of satire. Might I put it this way - less politically correct.

As the race for president tightens, Hillary Clinton's campaign hopes to win over millions of people who voted for Bernie Sanders in the primaries.

Fidel Castro was a charismatic revolutionary and a ruthless leader who allowed no dissent.

Fidel Castro takes up so much space in the Cuban mind. It's hard for us to imagine as Americans - isn't it? - how much of everyday conversation he's dominated for 50 years.

In the wake of the deaths of the satirists, Je suis Charlie, I am Charlie, became a slogan of solidarity for free expression around the world.

I read THE WICKED + THE DIVINE last night, and no matter how high your expectations are for it, its better.

Batman is the one you go to for answers and Clark Kent is the one you go to to really do the right thing. He stands as a shining example of what to do in any situation.

Jordie Bellaire knows how to tell a story with color.

Having that North Star for every story [about Batman] is really key for me. It allows me to go farther and farther off the reservation.

If I know what something's about, and I can always have that touchstone, I feel like I can reach for really ridiculous humor and also go really dark in terms of the things I'm afraid of.

One of the things that's great is that Batman is a character that lends himself to very personal stories.

KGBeast starts chasing our heroes in a big way, and you get the return of an old character from the mythology that I think people will be really excited to see.

It's one of the worst nightmare situations we could create for a young character, having the people who are supposed to believe in you keep telling you you're nothing.

On this global stage, Superman is someone that we can all look up to and he's almost kind of ultimately American.

With this particular series [The Cursed Wheel] I'm going farther in that direction than I've tried before in terms of the elasticity of the mythology.

Duke is a character who believes that heroism and the Robin mantle can exist entirely separate from Batman himself.

I really wanted to make sure that if we set Duke up, that he's set up the right way and he's his own hero for the right reasons.

If you don't live a normal life, how do you relate to people?

I mean, I love California, but LA to me is still a strange place.

And once you cease to be a real person, you stop being a good actor.

I think Canada, our industry is still somewhat based in America's industry.

There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.

I was a swimmer growing up. I was a miler - like long, long distance. So I was in the water for four or five hours a day. That's not the way you want to spend your teenage years.

I have a slight fear of sharks for some reason.I have a slight fear of sharks for some reason.

I mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality.

It's really difficult to have a challenging male-driven show, and certain networks take off because they have their own mandate about what they want to do.

I'd rather not make films than make bad ones.

You've got to just go do what you do - you can't really worry about who was attached to the movie before.

I just would like to spend more time in New York City.

I bought a house in LA, hanging out there and spending a lot of time in Toronto, but not much.

I had dropped out of theater school after six months and was just staying on my mom's couch at home in Toronto.

I went to the University of Toronto for a year, and I'm always trying to get across what university is really like.

That's the funny thing, she thought. You always want things to get better, but you never know how good you already have it.

You are my Guardian Angel, Maddy,” a voice said, but it was far away from her.

Be the best Guardian you can be. Save lots of people. And every time you save someone, think of me.” -Maddy

I try to know as much as I can about a book before the beginning, but I never know exactly where it's going to end.

A novelist is someone who sits around the house all day in his underwear, trying not to smoke.

All I wanted was what I'd already had. That exultation, that love. It was my one real home; I was a visitor everywhere else.

On a ship thats made of paper, I would sail the seven seas. (Just to be with you)

Sure I hear what people say. But the only opinions I care about are from the fans.

A lot of [my] songs have a sexuality to them, a vibe to them. ... I call it sexy rock and roll.

Strip clubs are the only place the band can go if we want to have a drink. You're left alone because the last thing the people there care about is us.

I'm still going to make mistakes, but I don't have any problems with publicly professing my faith now. It just took me a long time to get to the right place in my relationship with Christ.

Some people say that in stressful situations I can seem unflappable, and I think that's partly because I'm always kind of internally flapped.

When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me.

This world is filled with five billion people with five billion different ways of looking at things.

People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded.

Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like it's gotten a little safe.

In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.

Fathers should start teaching the boys how to punch.