When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile.
If Ayn Rand were an up-and-coming author today, she wouldn't write about steel or railroads, it would be Net Neutrality.
The modern stuff, I can take it or leave it. I like its danceability, but the DJs talk a lot of nonsense.
I do pick up on contemporary issues.
I think that's very important for romantic comedies, that they do deal with [modern]issues.
By looking into more details of American history, we can make more sense of what's happening today.
Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But I don't think that all books need to have that particular focus.
The Koran must be historicized before applying it to modern issues.
I think new plays are vastly more surprising and challenging and inspiring; I hear from audiences all the time that they are delighted when they see plays about the world we live in now, at this moment.
