Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore. – Stendhal
I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldnt say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media. – Todd Gitlin
Im doing Les Miserables, the movie. Ive done a lot of musicals and a lot of movies, and I know there are not a lot of people in Hollywood who have been down those two paths so Ive been like, Come on, lets do a movie/musical. – Hugh Jackman
The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. – Ronald Reagan
