Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules.
My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.
I remember when I first came to America, nobody had a clue what a black Englishman was. I was either South African or Australian to them.
Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.
'Flash mobs' are reported on extensively because they're novel and can be used to stoke fears of young people and the Internet. The media, of course, have absolutely no clue what they're reporting on.
Americans trash the planet not because we're evil, but because the industrial systems we've devised leave no other choice. Our ranch houses and high-rises, factories and farms, freeways and power plants were conceived before we had a clue how the planet works.
My attention since 'Clueless' has been on family, relationships, activism, the planet, and my career.
I don't think that books are wondrous, magical things that come from nowhere. It's important that a book has clues about where and how it was written.
I loved 'Clueless.' That was one of my favorite movies of all time.
Most of the planet is covered with water, so there must be a clue to its worth in that fact.
