The Incompleat Cynic
all the pop psych suggesting we’re better off when we’re happier is effectively trumped by experience. More
"The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply lonely and unglamorous task of tolerating oneself long enough to push something out."
– David Rakoff, Half Empty

"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More

"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More


"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More



"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More