"On the simplest level, Montaigne has the same appeal as reality TV shows."
“It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.”
"Not that believing such things has anything to do with whether they are true. You see that, don't you?"
"Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire."
"The Culture had no need to colonize, exploit, or enslave."
"The media landscape of the present day is a map in search of a territory."
"Before your teeth full-o’ Pep with 10 nuggets products Lighted Chiclets wheels and Axels"
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
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"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
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"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More
