He was the first to conceive of movies as an art form. His belief was that if the traditional art form would not find room for him, then he would make an art form of his own. — Richard Schickel Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. — Richard Schickel Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“Divorced, not loving their abandoned children as much as they loathe their former wives, directing a combination of need and hostility toward the women who drift in and out of their new lives, they are, as [one character] puts it, "involved in a variety of pharmaceutical experiments.” quote by Richard Schickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/865/richard-schickel-35324_abandoned_divorced-not-loving-their-abandoned-chil_1332285.jpg)
