The current moguls understand that true media power lies not in firing up our outrage, as Hearst did, but in befuddling it or tranquilizing… — Richard Schickel Copy Share
There is a limbo of the lost through which American males of a certain age and status almost inevitably must pass these days. — Richard Schickel Copy Share
The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. — Richard Schickel Copy Share
Divorced, not loving their abandoned children as much as they loathe their former wives, directing a combination of need and hostility toward the women… — Richard Schickel Copy Share
He was the first to conceive of movies as an art form. His belief was that if the traditional art form would not find… — Richard Schickel Copy Share
Any dramatic series the producers want us to take seriously as a representationof contemporary reality cannot be taken seriously as a representation ofanything -… — Richard Schickel Copy Share
A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on… — Richard Schickel Copy Share
