The lyric self is the self; the narrative self is not.
Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.
I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms.
I talk about going to his [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to "wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water". . . the failure of my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now.
I spent a lot of time with some native Hawaiians who protest being part of the United States and literally carry protest signs saying "We are not Americans. " And they have no real warmth for being the 50th state.
Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.
The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try.
Max, if you survive your final test, can you steal me one of those magic outfits for me?" I'll try to get one for each of us. Hey! 'If'?
The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
Beware of making a woman cry. God is counting her tears.
Do yourself a favor; don’t wear yourself out trying to please everybody. Your time is too valuable.