“I was just about to begin writing Mirror Mirror, within about a week of it, when September 11, 2001 happened. I found myself incapable of caring about fiction-making for a number of months.” WritingFoundNumbersFictionHappenedWeekMonthsMirrorsCaringSeptemberIncapableSeptember 11September 11 2001 Author:Gregory Maguire
“The attacks of September 11, 2001, were spectacular, riveting, grim, costly and searing. The shock that they caused reverberated throughout the world. What happened in New York and Washington and Pennsylvania ended the lives of thousands of people and changed the lives of many more. But they did not change the world.” PeopleWorldHappenedNew YorkChangedChanging The WorldShockSeptemberSpectacularSeptember 11GrimPennsylvaniaSeptember 11 2001 Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“Women became almost our bigger audience. Teenage girls went crazy for my movie. I saw it. I went to theatres all over and there were gangs of girls going and screaming. There were kids that were 10 or 11 years old when September 11 happened. They've been told for years they're going to get killed, they're going to get blown up. Every time you go on an airplane, X-ray your shoes because you're going to get blown up. Terror alert orange, don't travel. So, people have a reaction and they want to scream. Horror movies have become the new date movie.” PeopleWantYearsKidsGirlAudienceSawsHappenedCrazyGoes OnHorrorBiggerShoesTerrorTheatreReactionsRaysScreamAirplaneSeptemberTeenageOrangeGangSeptember 11Teenage GirlDate Movie Author:Eli Roth
“In America now every romantic comedy is interpreted politically. I can remember when I was promoting Black Hawk Down we were all being asked what it said about September 11th. Well, it was shot before that happened, so, nothing.” WellsSaidI CanAmericaRememberBlackComedyHappenedShotsSeptemberRemember WhenPromotingSeptember 11HawksSeptember 11thVery RomanticBlack Hawk Down Author:Eric Bana
“When the September 11th attacks happened, only about a year later, the crypto community was holding its breath because here was a time when we just had an absolutely horrific terrorist attack on U.S. soil, and if the NSA and the FBI were unhappy with anything, Congress was ready to pass any law they wanted. The PATRIOT Act got pushed through very, very quickly with bipartisan support and very, very little debate, yet it didn't include anything about encryption.” IfsYearsLittlesWantedLawCommunitySupportHappenedReadyBreathsCongressDebateTerroristUnhappySoilSeptemberPatriotFbiSeptember 11NsaHorrificTerrorist AttacksBipartisanSeptember 11thPatriot ActEncryption Author:Matt Blaze