"Just tell them the truth, sweetheart. Keep calm, don't let them rattle you. And listen. Carefully." -Lindy Chamberlain to her husband I just watched A... Read more →
Sophie: No I... I used to play but I.... I don't anymore. __________________ I know I must have intended to write something oh so profound... Read more →
I drove to Venice from Cortina. This was late March of 2001 and I had driven my way around Europe for two months now: Verbier,... Read more →
SARAH You needn't be so scared. Love doesn't end just because we don't see each other... My dear, my dear people go on loving God,... Read more →
It's 4:05am. The man from the bodega - everyone calls him "Tommy" but everyone knows that's not his real name - gave me a cigarette.... Read more →
I got a text from K late last night or early this morning depending on how you look at it. She wanted to see a... Read more →
"Needless were none of the deeds of Gandalf in life. We do not yet know his full purpose." -Galadriel (Hope remains while company is true.) Read more →
Film adaptation of INTO THE WOODS. Meryl Streep in talks to play the witch... Yes, please! That is all. Read more →
No, this post is not about rape, per se. Other than to say I read another blog post about dolphin sex and free-falling from an... Read more →
So I haven't seen THE ARTIST yet but it's playing at the Paris Theatre and I'm going to see it tonight. I LOVE that I... Read more →
Verschoben ist nicht Aufgehoben -M. S.- Read more →
Let me get this on the record right now before all the awards start coming and the banter gets buzzing. Meryl Streep WILL win the... Read more →
Mrs. Ben: People always cheer when they turn the lights on in the evening. Every time. Mr. Stevens: I wonder why. Mrs. Ben: They do... Read more →
I've been into the Austen stories lately. I think I've read most of the cornerstone Jane Austen books at some point in my life. In... Read more →
"Each of you must vote according to your conscience. But remember this: In your hands, upon this moment, lies the future happiness of my people...and... Read more →
Harry: So your play is about us? Erica: No, it's about me. Harry: Am I in it? Erica: Well a guy like you's in it... Read more →
Harper: In your experience of the world, how do people change? Pioneer Mother: Well it has something to do with God so it's not very... Read more →
Leonard: Why does someone have to die? Virginia: ....Leonard? Leonard: In your book you said someone had to die... Virginia: Mmmm Leonard: Why? Is that... Read more →
"I don't understand why I'm not dead. When your heart breaks, you should die. But there's still the rest of you. There's your breasts and... Read more →
This morning I woke up around 630a and got up for a while. Went for a walk. Went to Starbucks. I came back and turned... Read more →
Erica: I'm like the dumb girl that doesn't get it. I've never been the dumb girl before. It ain't great. Harry: Let's just calm down.... Read more →
As a special 38th Birthday treat to myself, I thought I'd share this silly and disturbing video by Harold and Martha, dug up from the... Read more →
When I posted a link to this blog on my facebook page, the first response was, “You so reek Meryl Streep fan!” It came from... Read more →
After I spend my entire day talking to other people, I get pretty non-verbal and only want to talk to myself and to various other... Read more →