“In the Mac vs. PC ads, Apple bills itself as the antidote to Microsoft. To love Apple wasn't to sell out. It was to buy in. Most people use PCs, but Apple has the mindshare.” PeopleUseBillsSellsApplesAdsAntidoteMicrosoftMacs Author:Wesley Morris
“Movies are visual, aural, they involve people, and life, and ideas and art, they are so elastic. They can hold anything, withstand everything, and make you feel anything. Other arts can do that, but movies are the only ones that can incorporate other media into cinema.” PeopleFeelsArtIdeasCan DoMediaCinemaVisuals Author:Wesley Morris
“Polisse' is the sort of cop thriller where people do things like angrily bang on a desktop or sweep everything off it. If it happens once, it must happen six times. But every time it did, I wanted to stand up and cheer, which I've never wanted to do for any such thriller.” PeopleIfsHappensWantedSixCheerCopBangsThrillersDesktop Author:Wesley Morris
“Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films.” FilmDecisionPoorHorrorLuckBad LuckHorror FilmContingencyPoor Decisions Author:Wesley Morris
“Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York.” ArtCitiesNew YorkChiefsPreoccupationAmerican Cities Author:Wesley Morris
“Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era.” HelpingStarsBlackWhiteRightsCivil RightsErasPostsBlack And WhiteNew Relationship Author:Wesley Morris
“There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look at the world and you ask, 'What is going on?' You want the movies to show you the chaos and mess and risk and failure that are normal for a lot of us. Generally, the movies hide all of that.” WorldWantLooksShowsAsksRiskNormalChaosScreensMessRisk And Failure Author:Wesley Morris
“The fish is not so much your quarry as your partner.” SeaRiversFishesPartnersBoatLakesFishingFly FishingGreat FishingQuarry Author:Arnold Gingrich
“I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish.” BelieveImportantFishesFishing Author:Arnold Gingrich
“I’m not much of a fly tier. I can do it—my friend calls it 'ham and eggs tying'—and I tie some cool flies that I can’t buy in a fly shop, but other than that, I would no more sit down and tie a dozen hopper patterns than I would do something absolutely insane, like build a rod.” I CanCan DoSeaMy FriendsRiversDown AndPatternsFishesInsaneBoatTiesShopsLakesFishingEggsDozenI Can Do ItHam Author:Jack Ohman