Movies Are Too Literal.

I've Always Felt, As A Writer, That Radicals Are Fascinating Because They're Relations, They Have A Place In The American Family. They're The Relatives Everyone Wishes Would Go Away. They're The Embarrassments To Decorum And Good Taste.

We Make A Mistake To Condescend To The Past As If It Were Preparatory To Our Own Time.

A Writer Of Books Has To Admit That Film Is The Enemy, And That In My Case I Have Been Sleeping With The Enemy.

The Difference Between Socrates And Jesus Is That No One Had Ever Been Put To Death In Socrates' Name. And That Is Because Socrates' Ideas Were Never Made Law. Law, In Whatever Name, Protects Privilege.

We're Always Attracted To The Edges Of What We Are, Out By The Edges Where It's A Little Raw And Nervy.