“People don't go to see things in the theater for the same reasons that I do. And movies are about mass audiences. And so moviegoers are going for a different kind of drug than for a certain kind of literary quality.” PeopleKindDifferentReasonCertainQualityAudienceDrugMassTheaterDifferent Kinds Author:Mike White
“People who write books - they live in their own world as they're writing. But people who are doing shows or big movies - not only are you writing this world that you're living in, but you're also simultaneously running a circus, and you can kind of start losing your mind like that.” PeopleWorldWritingMindKindBookShowsBigsRunningThis WorldLosingCircusBig MovieLosing Your Mind Author:Mike White
“I've never been to the Oscars, but if I was ever invited to the Oscars, I would have this weird paranoia of terrorism. It just feels like The Poseidon Adventure, everyone in their tuxes. Somehow, I feel like the whole time I would be looking for where the nearest exit was, and in a cold sweat about some kind of man-made disaster, like a terrorist strike or something. It seems like such a scary, claustrophobic proposition.” IfsMenFeelsKindMadeWholeSeemsWould BeAdventureColdScaryTerrorismStrikesDisasterTerroristSweatOscarsPropositionsInvitedExitParanoiaPoseidon Author:Mike White