“Usually when people say they have mixed feelings about something, it's a sort of euphemistic way of saying they hate it.” PeopleWayFeelingsHateMixed Feelings Author:Matthew Specktor
“100 million dollars used to be the limit of what a movie might cost; now they routinely cost 300 million. Sooner or later, spectacle is just going to have to find a new way to exist.” WayMightUsedMillionsCostLimitsDollarsUsed To BeSooner Or LaterNew WaysMillion Dollars Author:Matthew Specktor
“A lot of talent, a lot of the currency that movies used to have, has spilled over into TV. People talk about TV the way they used to talk about movies and, as much as I hate to say it, the way they used to talk about books.” PeopleWayBookUsedHateTalentTvsI HateCurrency Author:Matthew Specktor
“My own sense is that fiction is inching its way over to join poetry on the cultural margin. It's an area of passionate concern for me, as for many people, but it's nowhere near as central to the culture as it used to be.” PeopleWayUsedCultureMy OwnFictionAreasConcernPassionateUsed To BeMargins Author:Matthew Specktor
“I think having power ingrains people with a conservatism. There's a tendency to hedge one's bets. (Which explains a lot, actually, about why the movie business is the way it is, and why the publishing industry is too.)” PeopleThinkingWayIndustryTendenciesPublishingConservatismMovie BusinessPublishing Industry Author:Matthew Specktor
“Sacrificing one's life on the altar of literature is in some ways like sacrificing a goat to some malicious spirit. It's not always a humane or necessary decision.” WaySpiritLiteratureDecisionSacrificeHumaneAltarsGoatsMalicious Author:Matthew Specktor
