The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective.

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A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they...

A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they...

That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.

That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.

Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.

Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.

This is a soul under perpetual migraine attack.

This is a soul under perpetual migraine attack.

He was the first to conceive of movies as an art form. His belief was...

He was the first to conceive of movies as an art form. His belief was...

There is a limbo of the lost through which American males of a certain age...

There is a limbo of the lost through which American males of a certain age...

Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.

Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

I touched emotions I've never tapped in my entire life. I've heard people say, 'I...

I touched emotions I've never tapped in my entire life. I've heard people say, 'I...

If I wanted to have wooden sex with strings attached I'd get married. In reference...

If I wanted to have wooden sex with strings attached I'd get married. In reference...

I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my...

I left our home to work on a movie, and while I was away, my...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

I steal from every movie ever made.

I steal from every movie ever made.

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

We call that Sean's little independent movie.

We call that Sean's little independent movie.

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films.

The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films.

In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak...

In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak...

The awkward moment when a film says, 'Based on a true story.' and it automatically...

The awkward moment when a film says, 'Based on a true story.' and it automatically...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...