People often ask how I can reject the phrase 'woman writer' and not reject the phrase 'Jewish writer' - a preposterous question.... →
Cynthia Ozick
I have lost stories and many starts of novels before. Not always as punishment for 'telling,' but more often as a result of something having... →
I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding.
Al Pacino
I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type.
I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to... →
I use circumlocution too often, and instead of getting my point across, I tend to babble.
Genevieve Padalecki
The Antichrist is often identified with the second beast in the Book of Revelation that arises from the land, the beast that tries to make everyone... →
Elaine Pagels
So often, religion is identified in terms coined by Christianity as sets of belief. But I had the sense that it not only involves practice, but also... →
Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted... →
Camille Paglia
Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque... →