“Of course Jamison was able to fly in his dreams,” said Thornhill. “But it was a silly way of flying. And it was no damned good.”
Otto Klegg, The Ellipse of Uncertainty.
It is all about sophistication. That is the actual commodity, not the fiction itself.
Alice Trinculo, Speaking to Sparrows.
mallets aforethought
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
The burden with Fellini is that you’ve got to watch him. You’ve got to watch him all the time. Otherwise he’ll find a way to drag circus clowns into the thing.
Jeremy Breedlove, A Sardonic View of the Movies.
Marie Windsor was a handsome woman. So why [in The Killing] did she marry Elisha Cooke, of all people? Because screenwriters forced her to, that’s why.
Jeremy Breedlove, A Sardonic View of the Movies.
“Boulders usually stay where they are, in my experience,” observed professor Winthrope.
Carla Marks, The Murder Matter.
Self.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
“I’m not saying that actors are weasels, Andy. I am saying that weasels become actors.”
Jack Dawes, Circus Interruptus.
“Surprising people is my hobby, Joanna. I should say my passion. But I will not.”
Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.
Space is limited.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
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