[His acting] remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.

The solemnity of the annual Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm with the cheerful bad taste of the grand opening of a shopping center in Los Angeles.

Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.

It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.

Confession: When I went to see The Empire Strikes Back I found myself glancing at my watch. The Force is with us, indeed, and a lot of it is hot air. It's a measure of my mixed feelings about The Empire Strikes Back that I'm not at all sure that I understand the plot. The Empire Strikes Back is about as personal as a Christmas card from a bank.

When Uncle Bob (or Ted or Ray) promised to send a shooting star over the house to mark a young listener's birthday, the young listener, who had hung out the window for an hour without seeing the star, questioned not Uncle Bob (or Ted or Ray), but his own eyesight.

Nothing in Death Hunt makes a great deal of sense, though the scenery is rugged and the snowscapes beautiful.