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"It's been speculated that Chapman killed John Lennon in order to preserve his innocence — which is odd considering Lennon was like 40 years old at the time . . . but even if Lennon was about to enter puberty at the age of 41, the book doesn't support that action: Holden, while initially wanting to protect children, realizes that he's no role model, and they're all better off left alone anyway."
What I find strange and oddly disturbing is that Gordon Gekko has been mythologized and elevated from the role of villain to that of hero . . . After so many encounters with Gekko admirers or wannabes, I wish I could go back and rewrite the greed line to this: "Greed is Good. But I've never seen a Brinks truck pull up to a cemetery."
— Stanley Weiser, co-scriptwriter of Wall Street
"What I hoped would have been a higher art thing became a frat house, date-rape, strip club anthem. Sad."
— Trent Reznor on "Closer"
"The worst readers are those who proceed like plundering soldiers: they pick up a few things they can use, soil and confuse the rest, and blaspheme the whole."
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