Quote of the Day

“I know now to take everything in stride. The first thing you have to learn is that an artist doesn’t have much choice when he’s a hired pen. The second thing is that it’s the kiss of death when you hand in a script and they say, ‘What a great read!’ That means: ‘See you. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.’ ”—Novelist Richard Price, on the perils of working as a Hollywood scriptwriter, in an interview with The New York Times, March 2, 2008