If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.

If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

Ordinary parties, he thought, were subtle games of sexual and social badminton.

It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, worldview and thoughts.

If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.

What we fear we often rage against.