Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated?

Luck, if there is such a thing, is either going to favor everyone equally or going to exhibit a preference for the prepared.

As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.

Get into the scene late; get out of the scene early.

"Based on a true story" is a come-on, the aesthetic equivalent of "no loan request refused." For, at best, the creator has fashioned a film based on his understanding of, interpretation of, and reduction of the report of an actual occurrence.

The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all.

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.