“Literary art's sudden, startling truth and beauty make us feel, in the most solitary part of us, that we are not alone, and that there are meanings that cannot be bought, sold or traded, that do not decay and die.… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
“Life as a writer was not what I expected. I knew no other writers. I knew no writing teachers or editors. I had to draw every last bit of strength from the exalted notions I nursed about myself.” — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
“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… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
“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
Every 'Oprah Winfrey Show' has about it the aura of Oprah's own life, just as the rituals and sacraments of a religion are suffused… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
It became inevitable that television would address life's mundane problems because television itself is so mundane, part of the ordinary flow of time the… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
The sitcom's traditional role has been to comfort the viewer who feels burdened by the unreality of American expectations. — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
