Among the audio quotes in the various NPR memorials (For Pulitzer-Winning Critic Roger Ebert, Films Were A Journey) these say a lot about him:

"If it's a great movie, it lets you understand a little bit more what it's like to be a different gender, a different race, a different age, a different economic class," he said. "It helps us to identify with the people who are sharing this journey with us. And that to me is the most noble thing that good movies can do — and it's a reason to encourage them and to support them and to go to them."

"If you only see films about people just like yourself, why even bother to go? Because you already know about yourself," he said. "You can only find out about yourself by learning about others."

A life well-lived.

~ Becky in Long Beach