You got an all-out prize fight, you wait 'til the fight's over, one guy's left standing and that's how you know who's won.

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

The dream and the film are the juxtaposition of images in order to answer a question.

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of its creators may divert or anger, but it cannot enlighten.

The pain of losing is diverting. So is the thrill of winning. Winning, however, is lonelier, as those you've won money from are not likely to commiserate with you. Winning takes getting used to.