It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review. That's not film criticism.

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It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review. That's not film criticism.

No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's easier to get on the subway and not be accosted.

…[Thomas Wolfe] says that we are the sum of all the moments of our lives, and that, uh, anybody who sits down to write is gonna use the clay of their own life, that you can’t avoid that.

I have a lot of women friends - I feel like I finally matured a little. But initially I was attracted to some of them. I liked everything they were about. I think men are just taught: "Okay, well then, I should try to have sex with them." I'm just lucky that it went in the friendship direction, and it became a much stronger bond that's lasted a long time. You wonder how many potentially great friends you lose along the way because you become lovers and it is so painful when it's over and you can't turn it into a positive friendship.

Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past.