Isn’t that why all writers write? To inspire their readers?
Every criminal would be an artist if he had the talent, and every artist would become a criminal if he had the guts.
And yet, wasn't the terrific thing about stories the fact that they joined readers together, that they made people realize they were not alone in their hopes, dreams, and fears?
...every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.
'Cool-Hand Luke' is one of my favorite movies.
—Elle m'a pas recconue! —C'est parce qu'elle vous a jamais vue.
It doesn't mean,' she shrugged. 'It just is
Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.
My attention span is very limited, and I watch just one or two movies a year.
Critics and academics often employ theories and philosophers in order to help them understand and dissect movies and books.
I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters.
For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.
Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.
I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.
Girls with their legs crossed, girls with their legs not crossed, girls with terrific legs, girls with lousy legs, girls that looked like swell girls, girls that looked like they'd be bitches if you knew them... You figured most of them would probabl...
I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.
I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.
I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying it.
I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula.
I wasn't always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom.
I do not go out to dinner or to the movies with the neighbors, as I do with my friends. I don't make dates with them. I don't have to.
