There are no guarantees. But there is also nothing to fear. We come from oblivion when we are born. We return to oblivion when we die. The astonishing thing is this period of in-between.

Marlon Brando is the most influential movie actor of the century.

I'd rather be called a N*gger than a Slave.

Mad Dog Time is the first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank screen viewed for the same length of time. Oh, I've seen bad movies before. But they usually made me care about how bad they were. Watching Mad Dog Time is like waiting for the bus in a city where you're not sure they have a bus line.

Sometimes, it's all about the casting.

We spend too much time hiding illness.

I am proudly a liberal. I am also patriotic, reasonable, pro-American, and stand for family values.