In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that. – Wallace Shawn
I led the life of an intellectual up until a certain age. I remember Freuds Interpretation of Dreams was a big favorite when I was 11. It sounded so interesting. And it really was! – Wallace Shawn
I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didnt understand, and in a way still dont, because when I look in a mirror it doesnt seem funny to me. – Wallace Shawn
But because weve all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone. – Wallace Shawn
Cause and effect, the riddle of all history, is a particular devil in financial history and never more so than today, where entire classes of security are collapsing not on public exchanges and stock-tickers but because there are no markets to establish prices this side of nothing. – James Buchan