At the end of the day, some authors will endure and most, including some very good ones, will not. Why do I… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Now I see that all relationships are virtual, even those that take place in person. Whether we use our bodies or a… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Most people choose movies that provide exactly what they expect, and tell them things they already know. Others are more curious. We… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
[D]oes the real world have any more substance than visions and hallucinations when we're having them? At any given moment, what's happening… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Resentment is just a way of letting someone else use your mind rent-free. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The children of Birmingham did not really die in the State of Alabama, however, because Alabama is a state of mind, and… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Wes Anderson's mind must be an exciting place for a story idea to be born. It immediately becomes more than a series… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Well, we're all dying in increments. I don't mind people knowing what I look like, but I don't want them thinking I'm… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“We’d had a revelation. This was the direction American movies should take: into idiosyncratic characters, into dialogue with an ear for the vulgar and… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Most courtroom movies feel it necessary to end with a clear-cut verdict. But 12 Angry Men never states whether the defendant is innocent or… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you.… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“One of my delights in these books, on the other hand, has been to include movies not often cited as “great”—some because they are… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
A movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
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