This Week - Aug 30, 2013

The clock keeps rolling whether you’re busy or on your back.

— Film Is Not Dead (Ezra Caldwell)

Each of us in this room could suffer the pangs of withdrawal and gain the serenity of the non-smoker...Maybe the only cure for self-confidence and courage is humility. Maybe we go out in order to fall short … because we want to learn how to be good at being people … and moreover, because we want to be people.

— Why Go Out? (Sheila Heti)

However, Lambert not getting an opportunity to speak despite being onstage illustrates what is inherently frustrating about Macklemore’s existence: he seems to strive to be a voice for those who did not ask him to be their voice.

— The VMAs are Proof That America Is Dead Inside (Noisey.Vice.com)

But Los Angeles, if it’s anything, is a place of reinvention, the edge of a continent, both inner and outer, from which you can step off into a new life and a new way of looking at things. Or, if you prefer, you can decide that your old life was just fine. Either way, you end up better off.

— Hugh Laurie's Los Angeles (Hugh Laurie)