Ella Maillart

Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it.

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.

Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.