if you think it so easy to be a critic, so difficult to be a poet or a painter or film experimenter, may I suggest you try both? You may discover why there are so few critics, so many poets.

It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a director's artistry, that you could recognize his movies. But it can also be a sign that he's a hack.

The critical task is necessarily comparative, and younger people do not truly know what is new

a steady diet of mass culture is a form of deprivation.

Robert Redford ... has turned almost alarmingly blond-he's gone past platinum, he must be into plutonium; his hair is coordinated with his teeth.

The worst thing about movie-making is that it's like life: nobody can go back to correct the mistakes.

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.