Lee Siegel

The Web critic relies on his or her readers for attentiveness and approval.

I react very badly when mediocrity throws a tantrum of entitlement.

Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.