When I had been a film critic for ten minutes, I treated Doris Day as a target for cheap shots. I have learned enough to say today that the woman was remarkably gifted.

Reese Witherspoon is as cute as a button on Raggedy Ann's overalls, but irresistible raw sex appeal is not one of her qualities.

In the world of acting, many are thin but few are talented.

Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.

Why do alcoholics begin down the same hazardous road day after day? They are in search of that elusive window of well-being that opens when you drink your way out of a hangover and aren't yet drunk all over again. The alcoholic's day consists of trying to keep that window open.

Sometimes, it's all about the casting.

When I am writing my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be.