We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while reading a book, or fall in love with movie stars.
The very fact of snow is such an amazement.
Never marry anyone you could not sit next to during a three-day bus trip.
We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds, not simply in the sense of identifying with the characters, although that is an important part of it, but by seeing the world as another person sees it.
Going to see Godzilla at the Palais of the Cannes Film Festival is like attending a satanic ritual in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not need to scream.
Battlefield Earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. It’s not merely bad; it’s unpleasant in a hostile way.
One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film’s defining moments.
I do not fear death. I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear.
What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.
When I am writing my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be.
I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can’t say it wasn’t interesting.
Of all the purposes of education, I think the most useful is this: It prepares you to keep yourself entertained. It gives you a better chance of an interesting job.
There is a movie called Fargo playing right now. It is a masterpiece. Go see it. If you, under any circumstances, see Little Indian, Big City, I will never let you read one of my reviews again.
If you have to ask what it symbolizes, it didn’t.
I have no fear of death. We all die. I consider my remaining days to be like money in the bank. When it is all gone, I will be repossessed.
I am informed that 5,000 cockroaches were used in the filming of Joe’s Apartment. That depresses me, but not as much as the news that none of them were harmed during the production.
The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it’s just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb.
Skateboarding is forever, and things like college and girls only ruin an endlessly savored adolescence.
I know aliens from other worlds are required to arrive in New Mexico, but why stay there?