Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and put the dream into mass production.

Quote by Angela Carter

Topics: Hollywood Quotes

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second...

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second...

We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to...

We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman...

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman...

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis,...

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis,...

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be...

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be...

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is...

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is...

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come...

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do...

Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do...

Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, the means of expression which is the simplest, most...

Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, the means of expression which is the simplest, most...