It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror films.

It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror films.

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people read more

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job

If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job

If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the read more

If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take read more

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day!

Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day!

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and read more

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.