I love the idea of the amateur - that's what popular culture is all about. But what the Internet's doing is professionalizing… — Lee Siegel About Copy Share Image
The terrorist threat is so cloudy, faceless, and vague, so manipulable by political purposes, so definitely present but indefinitely manifested, that it… — Lee Siegel Cloudy Copy Share Image
'Hotel Rwanda' is an American product, not a Rwandan one, made primarily for American audiences. — Lee Siegel American Copy Share Image
Oprah's aspiration to inspire her audience with hope - elaborated on her TV show, in her magazine, and on her website -… — Lee Siegel Aspiration Copy Share Image
“Literary art's sudden, startling truth and beauty make us feel, in the most solitary part of us, that we are not alone,… — Lee Siegel Art Copy Share Image
In urban America, you do not so much meet a romantic partner as inherit the product of someone else's romantic crimes. — Lee Siegel America Copy Share Image
A single week of Oprah takes you from bondage to all the violent terrors of life, to escape through vicarious encounters with… — Lee Siegel Bondage Copy Share Image
I have a confession to make. For years, I earned a living - or a sort of living - writing negative book… — Lee Siegel Book 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… — Lee Siegel Deep Copy Share Image
Ever since the romantic comedy-drama 'She's Gotta Have It' antagonized black women and black men in 1986, Spike Lee's films have enjoyed… — Lee Siegel Black Copy Share Image
“The counterculture had sought to practice the idea that creative personal expression was the essence of an authentic existence. The WELL, drawing… — Lee Siegel Creative person Copy Share Image
“The WELLians were learning how to turn their private experiences into a public commodity.” — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
