October 2010
59 posts
“Life is challenging enough without knowing what everyone else is doing.”
– In Which We Are The One That Got Away - Home - This Recording
“To me, the trick is never to try to appeal to a large number of people, but to...”
– Paris Review - The Art of Humor No. 1, Woody Allen
“To be an artist is also an achievement, but you have to keep it in perspective....”
– Paris Review - The Art of Humor No. 1, Woody Allen
“One deceptive appeal of being out there with other people is that it gets you...”
– Paris Review - The Art of Humor No. 1, Woody Allen
“I saw Alfred Kazin on television. He was extolling the novel at the expense of...”
– Paris Review - The Art of Humor No. 1, Woody Allen
“Yes, I was an amusing youngster. Incidentally, people always relate that to...”
– Paris Review - The Art of Humor No. 1, Woody Allen
“I think if I’d had a better education, a better upbringing, and perhaps had a...”
– Paris Review - The Art of Humor No. 1, Woody Allen
“With many of my films—almost all—if I’d been able to get on screen what I...”
– Paris Review - The Art of Humor No. 1, Woody Allen
“Yes. I think if you have a comic perspective, almost anything that happens you...”
– Paris Review - The Art of Humor No. 1, Woody Allen
“Q. If you don’t watch your movies, what kind of movies do you like to watch? A....”
– James Gandolfini, Once Tough Guy, Now Nurturer - NYTimes.com
“And, as I mentioned at the start, always remember: You’re going to die soon...”
– Bering in Mind: Being Suicidal: What it feels like to want to kill yourself
“Leyzaola, meanwhile, is enjoying being Tijuana’s top badass. He has banned one...”
– Mexico’s war on crime and drugs in Tijuana : The New Yorker
“Eastbound & Down is as auteurist as television gets. It’s gorgeously...”
– “Chapter 11” | Eastbound and Down | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club
“My friends keep talking to me about how they want to start a Web site, but they...”
– The Awl Finds Some Level of Online Success - NYTimes.com
“The appeal is elementary: good, unpretentious fun, something that’s in short...”
– A New Sherlock Holmes on ‘Masterpiece Mystery!’ - NYTimes.com
“Shirky ends the story of the lost Sidekick by asking, portentously, “What...”
– Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker
“Did growing up in Massachusetts make you want to come to New York?
Yes! I am...”
– Jenny Slate on ‘Bored to Death,’ ‘Marcel the Shell,’ and Life After ‘SNL’ | Death and Taxes
“I just wish I had my own tropical island, I wish… I wish I was… I...”
“This is simply the most awesome casting in the history of television.”
– ‘Eastbound and Down’ recap
Chicken pox, a new year, a fool.
“What was it like getting cornrows?
I recommend it to everyone. It was pretty...”
– Eastbound & Down’s Danny McBride on the Thrill of Meeting Marilyn Manson, the Agony of Cornrows — Vulture
“JS: We like to say we like our comedy like we like our oil: smart crude. The...”
– The League’s Jeff Schaffer and Jackie Marcus Schaffer | TV | Interview | The A.V. Club
“JS: And for this show, its not like we’re going to work and turn a crank for 17...”
– The League’s Jeff Schaffer and Jackie Marcus Schaffer | TV | Interview | The A.V. Club
“Running Wilde has been struggling in the ratings. You’ve been on a couple...”
– Andy Richter on Gearing Up for Conan, Being ‘the Opposite of Surprised’ About Zucker’s Firing — Vulture
“I think of us as being a little like the friendly barbarians,” Denton said. “You...”
– Nick Denton, Gawker Media, and journalism’s future : The New Yorker
“I just think,” Sedaris adds, “that the people who say:...”
– A life in writing: David Sedaris | Books | The Guardian
Noites quentes ou Kid Creole em português.
“Mr. Prady has largely remained above the fray of the producer chatter. He didn’t...”
– Network Show Producers as Friendly Rivals - NYTimes.com
Basicamente, os produtores das séries que dão às quintas-feiras às 8 da noite nas maiores cadeias de TV são todos amigos de Twitter. Menos o Bill Prady, produtor do Big Bang Theory. O que só prova que o Chuck Lorre se rodeia de gente como ele:... 