“Writers reduce what they write, and readers reduce what they read. The brain itself is made to reduce, replace, emblemize... Verisimilitude is not only a false idol, but also an unattainable goal. So we reduce. And it is not without… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“Authors are the curators of experience. They filter the world's noise, and out of that noise they make the purest signal they can-out of… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“Audition requires different neurological processes than vision, or smell. And I would suggest that we hear more than we see while we are reading.” — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“Writers reduce what they write, and readers reduce what they read. The brain itself is made to reduce, replace, emblemize... Verisimilitude is not only… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“When we see plays performed on the stage, we work with a different set of standards. Hamlet is ours to picture as we'd like,… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“The animated cartoon has a lot to teach the writer, above all how to define characters and objects with a few strokes.” — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“If books were roads, some would be made for driving quickly - details are scant, and what details there are appear drab - but… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“Simulacrum worlds such as these require that their constituent parts, their contents, seems endless. The authors leads us down a narrative path, but we… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“If we don't have pictures in our minds when we read, then it is the interaction of ideas - the intermingling of abstract relationships… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“One should watch a film adaptation of a favorite book only after considering , very carefully, the fact that the casting of the film… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
