Quotes from Roger Ebert

The movie "Ed Wood," about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for "Stargate."

We are born into a box of time and space. We use words and communication to break out of it and to reach out to others.

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.

It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.

I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.

In Hollywood, 'under development' means 'all I have is the title.'

We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls.

We spend too much time hiding illness.

Who was the real Hitchcock? I interviewed him once and haven't a clue.

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic-book dominance was a willingness to invent new characters at a dizzying speed. There are so many Marvel universes, indeed, that some superheroes do not even exist in one another's worlds, preventing gridlock.

I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.

We think of first love as sweet and valuable, a blessed if hazardous condition.

To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.

I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.

My favorite love scenes in movies don't involve passion, they involve nobility or sacrifice.

There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom.

'Grand Illusion' and 'Rules of the Game' are routinely included on lists of the greatest films, and deserve to be.

It's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as 'Headhunters' did. I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done.

It's the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie crazy.

To call "A Lot like Love" dead in the water is an insult to water.

Films like Fargo are why I love the movies.

There's something depressing about a young couple helplessly in love. Their state is so perfect, it must be doomed. They project such qualities on their lover that only disappointment can follow.

It is comforting to think that we can love so powerfully that fate itself wheels and turns at the command of our souls.