The worst thing about movie-making is that it's like life: nobody can go back to correct the mistakes.
Pauline KaelIn the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.
Pauline KaelThe words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies
Pauline KaelWriters who go to Hollywood still follow the classic pattern: either you get disgusted by 'them' and you leave or you want the money and you become them.
Pauline Kael