Midnight in Paris

That's what the present is. It's a little unsatisfying because life is unsatisfying.

Nostalgia is denial - denial of the painful present... the name for this denial is golden age thinking - the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in - its a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present.

You can fool me, but you cannot fool Ernest Hemingway!

Gil: I would like you to read my novel and get your opinion.
Ernest Hemingway: I hate it.
Gil: You haven't even read it yet.
Ernest Hemingway: If it's bad, I'll hate it. If it's good, then I'll be envious and hate it even more. You don't want the opinion of another writer.

No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.

The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

Paradox

Never recreate from your memory. Always imagine new places!

Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.

An elegant solution for keeping track of reality.

Do you know what it is to be a lover? Half of a whole?

You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

Jeux d'enfants - Love me if you dare

I'm afraid you'll think it's a game

La môme (La vie en rose)

American journalist: If you were to give advice to a woman, what would it be?
Edith Piaf: Love.
American journalist: To a young girl?
Edith Piaf: Love.
American journalist: To a child?
Edith Piaf: Love.



I can't? Then what's the point of being Edith Piaf?


You made me cry. Your voice is the soul of Paris. ~