I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes ancient entertainment form
As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off. David Mitchell badgecivilisationethnicity Change image and share on social
For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed. David Mitchell arrivecoalesceform Change image and share on social
If the human condition were the periodic table, maybe love would be hydrogen at No. 1. Death would be helium at No. 2. Power, I reckon, would be where oxygen is. David Mitchell conditiondeathhelium Change image and share on social
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. Laurence Olivier actadultexhibitionism Change image and share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social
Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome. Michael Mandelbaum ancientcontestcontrol Change image and share on social
