Writing my book, I kept asking myself: Why haven’t we fought back? Why don’t 21st century writers organize?
November 12th, 2011
It wasn't Chaplin they cheered, of course; it was the Tramp.
April 18th, 2012
On Abel Gance's five and half hour silent film, 'Napoleon'
July 19th, 2012
"The problem with Krazy Kat is the same as its genius: It cannot be consumed quickly or easily."
May 16th, 2012
As it ticks away, "The Clock" taps into the enormous storehouse of images bouncing around in our heads.
July 14th, 2011
Plimpton: The Movie
May 26th, 2013
Education is as close to a secular religion as we have in the United States.
November 15th, 2011
Things Iowa Workshop Writers Say
July 30th, 2011
On the Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet
September 2nd, 2012
A mother's attempts to protect her son from her own past
July 2nd, 2012
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
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"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
"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
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
