We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA.

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

And yet, even so, there is a way to find happiness. That is to be curious about all of the interlocking events that add up to our lives. To notice connections. To be amused or perhaps frightened by the ways things work out. If the universe is indifferent, what a consolation that we are not.

We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try.

Artists are rarely members of the popular crowd.

Since any reasonable person would choose a Mac over a PC, Apple's market share provides us with an accurate reading of the percentage of reasonable people in our society.

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject - unless there is a sequel, which is unlikely, because at the end, the Lincolns are on their way to the theater.