140 Quotes by Pauline Kael

says Lopez. ''They're right near where I live; and they have such a great film program over there it seemed a perfect place for it.

The unwary Brando was made to look public ass No. 1. It was now open season on Brando.

In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow "too much.

In this country we encourage ""creativity"" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow ""too much.

Being creative is having something to sell, or knowing how to sell something, or having sold something. It has taken over what we used to mean by being "wised up" knowing the tricks, the shortcuts.

Vulgarity is not as destructive to an artist as snobbery.

I’m frequently asked why I don’t write my memoirs. I think I have.

Imagining [The Wizard of Oz] without Judy Garland is a bit like dancing on wet cement: you can do it, but why would you want to?

Sex is the great leveler, taste the great divider.