We live in a time-crunched world, and just about everything we do seems to be urgent.
The modern world thinks of art as very important: something close to the meaning of life.
The prime culprit in causing contemporary social inequality seems to be merit.
I don't seem to fit really into the 20th Century
Look, I live in the modern world as much as anyone else.
Modern China; one also finds many things that are really quite admirable.
Shakespeare would never have gone far in today's politically correct world.
The currents rage so deep upon us, this is the age of video violence.
The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
We live in a complex world and at a challenging time.
What I do feel is that 'Up in the Air' is the most indicative film of 2009. It is the portrait of 2009.
The world I describe is about how people live now. It's not about zany people with unlimited, inexplicable funds in an apartment somewhere.
If Jesus were living in our culture, he would probably hang out in coffeehouses.
I don't think in today's world you can go too far. However you may feel about social media or the Internet or selfies, it's part of how we all live today. 'Vogue' needs to understand and reflect that.
I much prefer the modern world.
The striking thing about love and will in our day is that, whereas in the past they were always held up to us as the answer to life's predicaments, they have now themselves become the problem.
Nobody really cares about what other people think anymore; they're all about themselves.
Now we've gotten accustomed to reality shows where the goal is to see people acting foolish.
We have an epidemic of insecure people in our society today.
We are the modern day gladiators.
The findings in contemporary social sciences are helping us understand that we can find other ways to educate people and act against injustice and corruption in our society.
In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it.
The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now.
Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.
People always say "pop culture." As if we have some high culture to distinguish it from.
