"There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there."
"Mixing pop and politics, he asks me what the use is. / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses."
"History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all."
"From the stylized and theatrical settings of the early dramas, silent films moved into greater and greater involvement with the actors."
"Brenner is less interested in libertarian prescriptions than in a fact-based description of what happened and why."
"Americans, in particular, exhibit very childish reactions to sexual practices that are new to them"
" Science fiction (at its best) is about exploring issues of how humanity deals with change."
"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."
"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
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"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
