Life, Love, and Literature
A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort.
A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered.
Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.”
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
In prime time’s world of wish fulfillment, Freaks and Geeks was the opposite: 18 episodes that nailed the sad, hilarious unfairness of teen life. The cult following for its single, 1999 season—still growing, on Netflix—would herald a new school of comedy led by executive producer Judd Apatow. He, creator Paul Feig, and cast members including Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and James Franco tell Robert Lloyd what made the show both great and doomed.
An Oral History of Freaks and Geeks
As one astute Internet commenter put it: “Some people photo-bomb pictures. Bill Murray photo-bombs life.”
Of all the things that have happened in my life, I’d say that living in New York is the closest thing to a dream coming true. I don’t profess to really know America. I haven’t even visited “America” in any real sense. Back in Britain people ask me what America is like. I say, “Well, I only really know L.A. and New York.” Then they ask me which I prefer. I tell them New York. Then they ask me what the difference is. I say, “In New York, at least they stab you in the front.”
Esquire, Spain.
Scholar and a Gentleman
