“I recognized the great monument from the illustration in the copy of /The Jungle Book/ that my mother kept in the top drawer of my bedside table. When I went with Sophia to the Taj Mahal for the first time,… — Lee Siegel Copy Share
“Every private thought is performed for public consumption, and every leisure moment (from toilet training to lovemaking) is a highly focused search for a… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
“Mandel, who died in 1995, had mastered the art of packaging his interiority, an innovation that would become the driving engine behind Web culture.” — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
“I recognized the great monument from the illustration in the copy of /The Jungle Book/ that my mother kept in the top drawer of my bedside table. When I went with Sophia to the Taj Mahal for the first time, I was not as enchanted by the real mausoleum as I had been by its plaster, paint, and paper replica… — Lee Siegel Copy Share
“The assimilation of taboo images to the everyday language of doing business produces a strange effect. It domesticates the taboo while at the same… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
“It's okay, you can do it. Because I am playing with myself as I write this, I hope you're doing the same as you… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
“I'm writing a book on magic”, I explain, and I'm asked, “Real magic?” By real magic people mean miracles, thaumaturgical acts, and supernatural powers.… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
In 1986, human nature in America started to change. That year, 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' based in Chicago, became nationally syndicated, and the country… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
The Web critic relies on his or her readers for attentiveness and approval. — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences. — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
“In the end, despite all your careful introspecting, you pay for following your instincts. And the more intensely and honestly you live, the more… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
Everyone seems to be fleeing from the responsibilities that come from being who you are. I think that is why the blogosphere is thriving.… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
