I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie…

I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I've ever done

— Mercedes McCambridge

When you think of the "Exorcist" (1973) you think of Linda Blair and pea soup and all this madness, but really if you look…

— Matt Reeves

The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

— John F. Kennedy

'Breaking Bad.' Because it's the best American narrative fiction of the last ten years.

— David Benioff

“At best Americans give but a limited attention to history. Too much happens too rapidly, and before we can evaluate it, or exhaust its…

— Ralph Ellison

Profound as race prejudice is against the Negro American, it is not practically as far-reaching as the prejudice against women. For stripping away the…

— Pearl S. Buck

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and…

— Terry Southern

The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

All things are bound together. All things connect.

— Chief Seattle

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the…

— Mark Strand

The best of American television is thought-provoking, original, brilliant, exciting - from 'The Sopranos' on, whether it's 'The Wire' or 'Breaking Bad' or 'House…

— Martin Freeman

Eric Schlosser's book on the economy and strategies of the fast-food business should be read by anyone who likes to take their children to…

— Adam Nicolson

The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

The best American writers have come from the hinterlands -- Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of them never…

— Edward Abbey

I produced a play in New York that got nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best American Play.The play is called Stalking…

— Adam Richman