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.

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

Lemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations.

There's a part of me that looks beyond everything now.

Movies are as old as psychoanalysis. So if I were to put you or anyone else on a couch and say, 'Tell me your favorite movies,' it would be a way of psychoanalyzing you.

I never argue with people about movies.

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