Get Into The Scene Late; Get Out

If You're Writing An Opinion Piece, It's Your Job To Write Your Opinion. If, On The Other Hand, You Wrote A Novel, As Virginia Woolf Tells Us, It Would Be Inappropriate If You Let Your Novel Be Influenced By Your Political Opinions.

There's Nothing In The World More Silent Than The Telephone The Morning After Everybody Pans Your Play. It Won't Ring From Room Service; Your Mother Won't Be Calling You. If The Phone Has Not Rung By 8 In The Morning, You're Dead.

The Avant-garde Is To The Left What Jingoism Is To The Right. Both Are A Refuge In Nonsense.

The Dream And The Film Are The Juxtaposition Of Images In Order To Answer A Question.

President Obama Seems To Understand The Constitution As A 'set Of Suggestions.'