“To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.” — Ellen Willis Quote

“To imagine that trauma casts out fantasy is a dangerous mistake.”

“By continually pushing the message that we have the right to gratification now, consumerism at its most expansive encouraged a demand for fulfillment that could not so easily be contained by products.”

“You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to surmise that war has a perverse appeal for the human race, nor is the attraction limited to religious fanatics committing mass murder and suicide for the greater glory of God.”

“When I was born, they put casts on my legs 'cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.”

“I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these for other classic screenplays and bring them to life? You can experience live theater, where you get to see plays produced by different directors and different casts, but there's really nothing like that for movie scripts.”

“That's what I loved about 'Community' - we had one of the most diverse casts on TV, but we didn't emphasize culture. And yet, we also didn't run away from it.”