I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

I hate to go out on a limb after only one viewing, but Nashville strikes me as Altman's best film, and the most exciting dramatic musical since Blue Angel.

I'm afraid you can't create tragedy out of abnormal psychology.

Lola Montes is, in my unhumble opinion, the greatest film of all time, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation, such as it is, on this one proposition above all others.

I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.

Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde film-maker in America today.