Movies that are consciously life-affirming are to be consciously avoided.

The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.

For a while in the twenties and thirties, art was talked about as a substitute for religion; now B movies are a substitute for religion.

Movies that are consciously life-affirming are to be consciously avoided.

I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted for Nixon. Where they are I don't know. They're outside my ken. But sometimes when I'm in a theater I can feel them.

Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher.

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.