Essays Quotes

“As far as my connection to other people went, I was usually affectionate. I was usually fond of the people I met: the privileged. And I’m still fond of them. I know them well. It’s easy for me to see them not as others might see them, as a group of people who fundamentally are all the same, because as holders of privilege the all play fundamentally the same social role, but as they see themselves: as remarkably distinct individuals with different opinions, thoughts, and characteristics. I know very well that they suffer, I know that they’re lonely, they’re lost, they’re desperate, whatever.”
― Wallace Shawn, Essays

“So when people said that the music or the book or the film was "good" or "bad," I usually felt that I just didn't know what they were talking about.”
― Wallace Shawn, Essays