"Kurt and I have collaborated on a book about Trump’s first 100 days in office. I enjoyed working with Kurt, and Fantasyland is Kurt’s latest. I think Kurt is an incredible writer, not to mention one of the smartest people I know."

"Debra Granik’s last film was the excellent 2014 documentary “Stray Dog” about a Vietnam vet living on the lower rungs of American society. “Leave No Trace” pays that forward, capturing people on the fringe of society with empathy. It’s heartbreaking, messy and beautiful."

"It’s a lovely film with Mickey Sumner, who’s Sting’s daughter. She’s excellent, excellent. And James Wolk. Also excellent. I loved working with them. They’re excellent. The people are so fun. Mickey Sumner is excellent and the director Ryan Jaffe — he was awfully good."

"When Godard stopped the music on the soundtrack as the scene continued, I learned about editing, and when he put colors on-screen, I learned about creating images. If we can ball up the intellectual with the emotional, we can stir people."

"This is a very beautiful song. People judge Miley and analyze her, and I don’t want to say she’s laughing all the way to the bank – that sounds like she’s money-hungry – but she’s laughing all the way somewhere. I respect tha"

"I could watch the work of Wong Kar-wai (and the brilliant cinematographer Christopher Doyle) all day long. I don’t have to understand what’s going on . . . I don’t care. Beautiful people, photographed beautifully. His films are the best, most romantic out there."

"The value of laughter, always sky-high for me, has gone beyond gold. I recommend anything by Dave Barry—especially, for those who get the jokes, the recent A Field Guide to the Jewish People by Barry, Adam Mansbach, and Alan Zweibel."

"Of course, the black body exists within a wider black culture — one Hurston portrayed with grace and insight in this seminal novel. She defies racist Americans who would standardize the cultures of white people or sanitize, eroticize, erase or assimilate those of blacks."