The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before.
It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.
I am proudly a liberal. I am also patriotic, reasonable, pro-American, and stand for family values.
We must try to contribute joy to the world.
I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip.
No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9/11. Such subjects overwhelm art.