A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior… — 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
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
