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.

It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it.

Start. Don’t look back. If at the end it doesn’t meet your hopes, start again. Now you know more about your hopes.

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

Exhilarating. Radical Grace moved me to tears with its portrayal of good people putting their beliefs into action in ways that transcend all ideological boundaries.

In thinking about 'depressing movies,' many people don't realize that all bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are.

When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for money,' which indicates guests expected to be entertaining.