A film is a terrible thing to waste.

It has been said that the reason we establish relationships is to assure ourselves of a witness to our lives.

A film is a terrible thing to waste.

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.

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 is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.

Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.