I Didn't Want Murder. It's All Gone

One Does Not Have To Make Frank Capra Movies To Like People.

You Sit At The Board And Suddenly Your Heart Leaps. Your Hand Trembles To Pick Up The Piece And Move It. But What Chess Teaches You Is That You Must Sit There Calmly And Think About Whether It's Really A Good Idea And Whether There Are Other, Better Ideas.

The Test Of A Work Of Art Is, In The End, Our Affection For It, Not Our Ability To Explain Why It Is Good.

Never Say No To An Idea - You Never Know How That Idea Will Ignite Another Idea.

You're Free To Speculate As You Wish About The Philosophical And Allegorical Meaning Of The Film—and Such Speculation Is One Indication That It Has Succeeded In Gripping The Audience At A Deep Level—but I Don't Want To Spell Out A Verbal Road Map For 2001 That Every Viewer Will Feel Obligated To Pursue Or Else Fear He's Missed The Point.