Rural America's Not Coming Back. That Idea

We Didn't Create The Culture Of Film. We Certainly Market It Better Than Anyone In The World, But Film Could Have Happened Anywhere. It's Not Distinctly American, As Witnessed By The Fact That There Are Film Communities Throughout The World That Tell Stories To Their Own Cultural Liking.

Homicide Is The Major Leagues, The Center Ring, The Show. It Always Has Been ... It Goes Beyond Academic Degrees, Specialized Training Or Book Learning, Because All The Theory In The World Means Nothing If You Can't Read The Street.

How Do We Allow God Into Our Minds, Bodies, Relationships, And Life? We Stop Squeezing The Divine Out Through Our Preconceived Notions Of What Is Sacred And What Is Profane. When We Assume The Mind-set That Everything Is Ultimately Divine, Though Sometimes More Disguised Than Others, Then We Can See That All Of Our Thoughts, Impulses, And Desires Arise From And Can Bring Us Back To Awareness Of The Sacred.

Nobody Reads Anymore In America. Reading Has Become The Least Effective Delivery System For Narrative. That's Sad Because Prose Is The Means By Which You Can Deliver Very Complicated, Nuanced Explanations Of Problems And Possible Solutions.

To Be Told You've Won A Macarthur Fellowship Is Very Flattering And Gratifying Personally.