“The idea that you could stitch together every detail episode to episode and preserve continuity for the length of a season and tell a story while using no time cuts, no flashbacks, nothing but pure real time just seemed too difficult.” IdeasRealStoriesTogetherDifficultCuttingPureSeasonsDetailsPreservesLengthEpisodesContinuityStitchesFlashback Author:Michael Loceff
“I've always assumed that every time a child is born, the Divine reenters the world. Okay? That's the meaning of the Christmas story. And every time that child's purity is corrupted by society, that's the meaning of the Crucifixion story. Your man Jesus stands for that child, that pure spirit, and as its surrogate, he's being born and put to death again and again, over and over, every time we inhale and exhale, not just at the vernal equinox and on the twenty-fifth of December.” MenWorldChildrenStoriesSpiritReligionJesusBornDivineMoralityPureOkayPurityAgain And AgainDecemberCrucifixionInhaleSurrogatesEquinox Author:Tom Robbins
“I do think students in public school (and private) should be required to study the Bible. [...] As a matter of pure education, it's shocking that we [the americans] are not compelled to learn the book, which is the source of our language, our common stories, our political structure, our conflicts.” ThinkingShouldBookMatterStoriesSchoolPoliticalLanguageCommonStudyStudentsSourcePureConflictStructureShockingCompelledPublic School Author:David Plotz
“In a pure anonymous encounter you find a world alive and full of character. In New York, the street adventures are incredible. There are a thousand stories in a single block. You see the stories in people's faces. You hear the songs immediately. Here, in Los Angeles, there are fewer characters because they are all inside automobiles.” PeopleWorldCharacterStoriesFacesSongAliveStreetsNew YorkAdventureThousandPureIncrediblesBlockEncountersLos AngelesFewerAutomobile Author:Joni Mitchell