Last year, I reviewed a nine-hour documentary about the lives of Mongolian yak herdsmen, and I would rather see it again than sit through The Frighteners.

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.

He looks like an angel, sings like an angel. He found my breaking heart and coaxed it into a new rhythm.

I'm pro-forwards. Do I want the Seventies to come back? No. The haircuts were terrible. Everyone stank. The food was awful.

Forgiveness is something that's always possibility.

If we seek a positive outcome, we must begin with a positive attitude.

Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.

From my point of view, which is the point of view of no illusions, there is only winning and losing. You might as well be a winner.

The #1 reasons are unsuccessful is their inability to lead themselves.

Whenever you go somewhere that speaks to your soul, you are going home to yourself.

The idol is the expression of religion.

If you blame others for something that happens in your life, then you must wait until they change in order to get better.