If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars can get a better hearing.

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.

You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.

The world of books is the wealth of being.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

Read what you like, not what you’re told to like. That way you’ll read for a lifetime.

People have too many problems during the day; they don't want to think.

Italian companies need to re-convert themselves, and such a re-conversion must be toward a better, higher standard.

He is at no end of his actions blestWhose ends will make him greatest, and not best.

The first step to dealing with a problem is admitting that you have a problem.

My job is to be an artist and thus I use different media to deal with the status of the body in our society.

You gotta imagine what's never been.