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.

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.

It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.

Holy mother!""Hmph. More like holy father. I'd think you'd know the difference."-Hephaetus

Your mind is your tram

A gossip is one who talks to you about others a bore is one who talks to you about himself and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.

Women who miscalculate are called mothers.

Hesitancy in judgment is the only true mark of the thinker.

Trapped on a planet of pain and perpetrators That you call 'Earth,' but I call 'Hell's Equator.'

I manage to live pretty normally.

May the Lord array thee in the garment of salvation and surround thee with the cloak of happiness.

If you're born in the higher realms, then it's too pleasant, and you don't have any incentive to practice. If you're born in the lower realms, you don't have any opportunity to practice.

Art was always my thing. I had an art scholarship before I had a football scholarship. I'm a left-handed, right-brained, painting-drawing guy. That was always my skill.