A Movie Star Is Not An Artist,

Luck Always Favors The Comely.

A Great Novel Is Concerned Primarily With The Interior Lives Of Its Characters, As They Respond To The Inconvenient Narratives That Fate Imposes On Them. Movie Adaptations Of These Monumental Fictions Often Fail Because They Become Mere Exercises In Interior Decoration.

A Movie Star Is Not An Artist, He Is An Art Object.

The Law Of Unintended Consequences Pushes Us Ceaselessly Through The Years, Permitting No Pause For Perspective.

There Is A Limbo Of The Lost Through Which American Males Of A Certain Age And Status Almost Inevitably Must Pass These Days.