The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

We all hope. It's what keeps us alive.

I've always been fascinated by the picaresque.

If you find that a point cannot be made without narration, it is virtually certain that the point is unimportant to the story (which is to say, to the audience).

The terror and beauty of the dream come from the connection of previously unrelated mundanities of life.

Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible.

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.