A depressing number of people seem to process everything literally. They are to wit as a blind man is to a forest, able to find every tree, but each one coming as a surprise.
Roger Ebert
- Life
- 1942-2013
- Occupations
- screenwriter, film critic, journalist
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Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly.
Roger Ebert
For 40 years, I didn’t miss a single deadline, but since July, I have missed every one. I also, to my intense disappointment, missed the Telluride and Toronto film festivals. Having just written my first review since June (The Queen), I think an update is in order.
Roger Ebert
I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.
Roger Ebert
I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic — the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn’t win.
Roger Ebert
I must slow down now, which is why I’m taking what I like to call “a leave of presence.”
Roger Ebert
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don’t enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That’s why writing on the Internet has become a life-saver for me. My ability to think and write have not been affected. And on the Web, my real voice finds expression.
Roger Ebert
Many moviegoers and video viewers say they do not “like” black and white films. In my opinion, they are cutting themselves off from much of the mystery and beauty of the movies.
Roger Ebert
Meyer is an auteur whose every frame reflects his own obsessions. Like all serious artists, he doesn’t allow any space between his work and his dream.
Roger Ebert
Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?
Roger Ebert
Pixar is the first studio that is a movie star.
Roger Ebert
So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I’ll see you at the movies.
Roger Ebert