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.

We read critics for the perceptions, for what they tell us that we didn't fully grasp when we saw the work. The judgments we can usually make for ourselves.

A book might be written on the injustice of the just.

Really, it's not people who don't understand us who drive us nuts—it's when those who shouldn't, do.

When I see those ads with the quote 'You'll have to see this picture twice,' I know it's the kind of picture I don't want to see once.

Sex is the great leveler, taste the great divider.

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