[On John Cleese:] He sometimes seems to swat at his own thoughts as if they were bees.
Great comedy calls large matters into question.
People in a temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean.
Black and white are the most ravishing colors of all in film.
A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species.
Movies have now reached the same stage as sex - it's all technique and no feeling.