Quotes

[on explicit sexuality in films] I'm tired of bare breasts, buttocks and bellies. I'm not a bluenose but this penchant for flesh is moronic and unhealthy. It's a big shill.

[on being a film critic] Amid all the easily loved darlings of Charlie Brown's circle, obstreperous Lucy holds a special place in my heart. She fusses and fumes and she carps and complains. That's because Lucy cares. And it's the caring that counts.

[on 'The Sound of Music'] The movie is for the 5-t-7 set and their mommies who think the kids aren't up to the stinging sophistication and wit of 'Mary Poppins'.

[walking out of a sentimental film early] My family has a history of diabetes.