Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.
It is essential for the good of criticism that both the critic and the public face the fact that a review is not the voice of God.
Amid all the easily loved darlings of Charlie Brown's circle, obstreperous Lucy holds a special place in my heart. She fusses and fumes and she carps and complains. That's because Lucy cares. And it's the caring that counts.
To be a critic, you have to have maybe three percent education, five percent intelligence, two percent style, and 90 percent gall and egomania in equal parts.
Movies suddenly became film and cinema an art form and terribly chic.
Happiness is too many things these days for anyone to wish it on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bileless New Year and leave it at that.
All you'll get from strangers is surface pleasantry or indifference. Only someone who loves you will criticize you.
Expand your Imagination.
Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.
When you're making your living as a writer or an artist or a musician, you kind of live in a trance. You're sort of in the day-to-day world, you're certainly there for your day-to-day relationships with people, and so on.
No one in life can ever match fiction