I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.

Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs.

When I go to the movies, one of my strongest desires is to be shown something new. I want to go to new places, meet new people, have new experiences. When I see Hollywood formulas mindlessly repeated, a little something dies inside of me: I have lost two hours to boors who insist on telling me stories I have heard before.

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His.

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.

Families and their problems go on and on, and they aren't solved, they're dealt with.

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