Richard Schickel quotes

The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. (Richard Schickel)
A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration. View quote
Richard Schickel
That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment. View quote
Richard Schickel
Memory is the personal journalism of the soul. View quote
Richard Schickel
This is a soul under perpetual migraine attack. View quote
Richard Schickel
A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object. View quote
Richard Schickel