
Pauline Kael
"At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure."

"At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure."

"The notion of the specificity of reading arose in the context of the neurological study of aphasia."

"A new urban form is emerging worldwide that is shaping the competitiveness of metropolitan regions and nations. It is the aerotropolis."

"Goat curry and a female librarian, that's what I'm in the mood for."

"Words can't possibly act like drugs."

"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More

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

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

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More


"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More