Roger Ebert

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.

Sometimes two people will regard each other over a gulf too wide to ever be bridged, and know immediately what could have happened, and that it never will.

A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room.

You can't say it wasn't interesting.

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly.

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.