Quotes by Pauline Kael

It seems likely that many of the young who dont wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, dont have the patience to make art.

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher.