Frank Rich

The most wonderful street in the universe is Broadway. It is a world within itself. High and low, rich and poor, pass along at a rate peculiar to New York, and positively bewildering to a stranger. ↗

— Frank Rich

#new-york-city

For a man who purports to have learned of media ethics only this month, Mr. Williams has spent an undue amount of time appearing as a media ethicist on both CNN and the cable news networks of NBC. ↗

— Frank Rich

#appearing #both #cable #cnn #ethics

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater. ↗

— Frank Rich

#grew #i #loving #theater #up

I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio. ↗

— Frank Rich

#between #break #chicago #film #i

After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are. ↗

— Frank Rich

#after #arguing #cares #culture #know

It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to week, but the sort of masquerade doesn't. ↗

— Frank Rich

#again #change #doing #facts #kind

When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics. ↗

— Frank Rich

#comes #find #i #i think #politics

While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play the part of Fear Itself, an assignment in which he lets his imagination run riot. ↗

— Frank Rich

#assignment #delighted #fear #his #imagination

In that sense, when a Bush or a Gore, or whomever, goes on David Letterman, that's the news, too. ↗

— Frank Rich

#david #david letterman #goes #gore #letterman