Fame requires every kind of excess. I mean true fame, a devouring neon, not the sombre renown of waning statesmen or chinless kings.
Out of some persistent sense of large-scale ruin, we kept inventing hope.
Why is it so hard to be serious, so easy to be too serious?
Clouds are no deterrent. Clouds intensify the drama, trap and shape the light.
Brilliant people never think of the lives they smash, being brilliant.
For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we have every right to find it fascinating, whatever it is.