Marguerite Duras was a very good friend of mine and an intellectual hero. She was also a sort of mother figure. Of course she was an influence. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes dura figure friend
I think a film noir demands a beginning and an end. Claire Denis begindemandend Change image and share on social
The only thing I find interesting is self-interest. Claire Denis findinterestthing Change image and share on social
I have no relationship to the French bourgeoisie. I don't like connecting with them. Claire Denis bourgeoisieconnectfrench Change image and share on social
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. Jeffrey Wright culturedirtyfan Change image and share on social
The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry. Edmund White angrybookboy share on social
We exist in this weirdly schizo culture, where sex is everywhere in the media, and yet, at the same time, you don't sit down and have a conversation about what you did in bed last night with your friends. Despite the ubiquity of sex, it's still a taboo when it comes to day-to-day conversation. Mary Roach bedconversationculture share on social