Life always has an unhappy ending, but you can have a lot of fun along the way, and everything doesn't have to be dripping in deep significance.

Steven Spielberg makes Minority Report with the newest digital technology; other directors seem to be trying to make their movies from it.

A truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along.

We are the playthings of the gods.

What you see is so much less than what you get.

I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No pushover, me.

People read the papers not in the hopes of learning something new, but in the expectation of being told what they already know. This is a form of living death. Its apotheosis is the daily poll in USA Today, which informs us what percentage of a small number of unscientifically selected people called a toll number to vote on questions that cannot possibly be responded to with a yes or no.