Escaping into a film is not like escaping into a book. Books force you to give something back to them, to exercise your intelligence and imagination, where as you can watch a film-and even enjoy it-in a state of mindless passivity.


Man in the Dark: A Novel (ed. Macmillan, 2008) - ISBN: 9781429929776

Paul Auster Quotes

Escaping into a film is not like escaping into a book. Books force you to give something back to them, to exercise your intelligence and imagination, ...

Escaping into a film is not like escaping into a book. Books force you to give something back to them, to exercise your intelligence and imagination, ...

Escaping into a film is not like escaping into a book. Books force you to give something back to them, to exercise your intelligence and imagination, ...

Escaping into a film is not like escaping into a book. Books force you to give something back to them, to exercise your intelligence and imagination, ...