Camille Paglia

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life.

I remember turning 'The Sopranos' on once and within two minutes nearly throwing a brick through the screen.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

A 'live' show is either alive or not. Free speech is free or it is not. Viewers are free to use their remote or TiVo. Parents are responsible or they are not.