Roland Barthes

Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning.

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.