16452. “Ken steepled his fingers and gazed thoughtfully up at the ceiling. ‘Dwarves have done very well for us in primetime.” ― Melissa Jo Peltier, Reality Boulevard April 23, 2020

16451. “No one likes to be typecast or stereotyped, especially actors. But who would know Esther Williams without a swimming pool, Bela Lugosi without a cape, or Elvis Presley without his guitar. Would we even care?” ― Susan Marg, Hollywood or Bust April 23, 2020

16450. “I haven’t been to a movie for three months of Sundays. I gather from what Carolyn reports that Hollywood now produces false entertainment: unmitigated violence on the screen; snickering, laughter in the audience.” ― John Cage, M: Writings ’67-’72 April 23, 2020

16449. “Hollywood-Nobody’s impressed by anybody because they’re all too consumed with trying to cover up their own shortcomings. Hollywood is a microcosm of a world of lazy moral ideals and social indifference where every man is trying to convince himself he’s a king.” ― J. Matthew Nespoli April 23, 2020

16448. “The key to being a great agent is treating everyone like a celebrity and treating a celebrity like everyone else.” ― Michael Houbrick April 23, 2020

16447. “Be your OWN celebrity!” ― Jamie McCall, Living the High Life Without Drinking the Champagne April 23, 2020

16446. “The Hollywood love always stays in the Hollywood; it never comes home, unless you bring the Hollywood home.” ― M.F. Moonzajer, LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS April 23, 2020

16445. “But the truth is, the star was just on the sidewalk. Where people walk right over it.” ― Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead April 23, 2020

16444. “The casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn’t look or act a bit alike.” ― Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49 April 23, 2020

16443. “Real cities have something else, some individual bony structure under the muck. Los Angeles has Hollywood — and hates it. It ought to consider itself damn lucky. Without Hollywood it would be a mail order city. Everything in the catalogue you could get better somewhere else.” ― Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister April 23, 2020

16442.“Welcome to Hollywood. Here you can be whatever you want! That’s the secret of American success! Fake it till you make it!” ― Lily Amis, America’s Royal Family April 23, 2020

16441. “Hollywood shines by virtue of light within.” ― A.D. Posey April 23, 2020

16440. “It’s all a game. And if you don’t want to play, maybe you shouldn’t come to Hollywood.” ― Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic to the Stars April 23, 2020

16439. “Hollywood is bigger down right now by sequels, by the uninspired. Well, my M.O. is a two-hour feast for your senses. That means starting the concept of filmmaking from scratch, making it your own.” ― Lee Matthew Goldberg, Slow Down April 23, 2020

16438. “Something good happens to you, and you let off a different energy that attracts other good things.” ― Candace Bushnell, Killing Monica April 23, 2020

16437. “Lord, that Hollywood train, forever coming round the bend!” ― James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work April 23, 2020

16436. “It could have been worse. He could have said he wasn’t a ‘dessert person’ and then I would have been forced to jump out of a moving car.” ― Saba Kapur, Lucky Me April 23, 2020

16435. “Hollywood is wonderful. Anyone who doesn’t like it is either crazy or sober.” ― Raymond Chandler April 23, 2020

16434. “The flirty old moon eased his way across the warped and sooty floorboards and kissed my bare toes, turning my feet as luminous as the skin of cinema stars.” ― Cat Winters, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys April 23, 2020

16433. “Analysis is about re-parenting yourself and relearning the habits of a lifetime.” ― Stephen Galloway, Leading Lady; Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker April 23, 2020

16432. “You are better than any Hollywood star. Just love yourself…!!!” ― M.Rehan Behleem April 23, 2020

16431. “We could debate whether movies reflect or create the reality. It’s clear to me they do both.” ― Alex Tizon, Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self April 23, 2020

16430. “In prose, when you wrote something, it’s symphonic… There’s something ethereal in that process that’s euphoric.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16429. “The Hollywood process is a living thing and you get used to that.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16428. “There’s a story you write, there’s a story you shoot and there’s a story you cut.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16427. “It’s a great euphoria when you reach that writing zone.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16426. “As a writer, you’re the guy in the box. You’re creating and you have these euphorias.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16425. “With prose, I know where I’m starting and I think I know where I’m going.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16424. “I’ve lived long enough to know that life doesn’t always stick to the rules…The perfectly impossible and absolutely ridiculous keep happening all the time.” ― Elizabeth Winder, Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy April 23, 2020

16423. “Writing turns everybody into wussies. Everybody quits.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16422. “It’s when you feel worse, that’s when your character comes out and the last thing you want to do is quit.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16421. “Those movies… ridiculously inaccurate. The real gods of Asgard — Thor, Loki, Odin, and the rest — are much more powerful, much more terrifying than anything Hollywood could concoct.” ― Rick Riordan, The Sword of Summer April 23, 2020

16420. “I want my STAR ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.” ― Mikki Koomar April 23, 2020

16419. “Hollywood, where the rich don’t have to pay for anything.” ― Caroline Kepnes, Hidden Bodies April 23, 2020

16418. “Only in the detached from reality world of goofy Hollywood and modern academia could a mass murderer like Che Guevara be turned into something of a cult celebrity.” ― Paul Kengor, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism April 23, 2020

16417. “Hollywood can be seductive, but it’s not real.” ― Dylan McDermott April 23, 2020

16416. “This is the ending. This is the end to several different stories. There will be no bang to it. No cliffhanger. Everything has come to a close and I’m ready to fade out.” ― J.C. Wickhart, Hills April 23, 2020

16415. “Rejection and failure are the bread and butter of this gluten-free, nondairy town.” ― Nell Scovell, Just the Funny Parts: … And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking Into the Hollywood Boys’ Club April 23, 2020April 23, 2020

16414. “The bizarre thing about the industry is: you were discovered because you were unique. What was special about you when you were discovered, they do their damnedest to remove, not unlike what traditional society does to children.” ― Rose McGowan, Brave April 23, 2020

16413. “Were the moon landings filmed in a secret Hollywood movie studio? Given the extensive lies that the government engages in with the general public, anything is possible.” ― Steven Magee April 23, 2020

16412. “You either love who you are onstage, or you love who you are offstage. Nobody does both.” ― Angelo Marcos, The Artist April 23, 2020

16411. “But if I’m not acting, why would I live in Los Angeles? I want to live somewhere I can be free.” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo April 23, 2020

16410. “As we made our way across town, through the seedy parts of Hollywood, over the Sunset Strip, I found myself depressed about how unseemly Los Angeles had gotten since I’d left. It was similar to Manhattan in that regard. The decades had not been good to it.” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo April 23, 2020

16409. “Hollywood is a door leading to a thousand doors” ― Kensington Roth April 23, 2020

16408. “Junior writers $300; Minor poets—$500 a week; Broken novelists—$850-1000; One play dramatists—$1500; Sucks—$2000. Wits—$2500.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon April 23, 2020

16407. “How do we know where we’re going? Follow the moon! Remember, the moon is always over Hollywood, and Needles isn’t far from Hollywood.” ― Charles M. Schulz April 23, 2020

16406. “I had learned all too well that pain was sometimes stronger than the need to keep up appearances.” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo April 23, 2020

16405. “Over the years, I have been subjected to many indignities, all for the sake of Art. If I ever catch him, I’m going to kill the guy.” ― Bob Hope, The Road to Hollywood: My 40-Year Love Affair with the Movies April 23, 2020

16404. “Will I see you again?” His grin had lost its wild flair. Instead, it was limp and very small. “Sure you will.” A pause. “In my next movie.” With one last look, he climbed in his car and drove away.” ― Willowy Whisper, Angel Gate April 23, 2020April 23, 2020

16403. “I won`t buy into the Hollywood thing…I want to be in good movies.” ― Ewan McGregor April 23, 2020

16402. “In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.” ― W. Somerset Maugham April 23, 2020

16400. “Hollywood is like Picasso’s bathroom.” ― Candice Bergen April 23, 2020

16399. “If you think Hollywood is depressing and corrupt, politics is really depressing and corrupt — and fueled even more than Hollywood by money — if that’s possible.” ― Ben Affleck April 23, 2020

16398. “What does she do?” “She’s a producer.” Of course, in Los Angeles this doesn’t mean much more than “she’s a member of the human race.” ― Julian Fellowes, Past Imperfect April 23, 2020

16397. “Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it’s full of surprises, and you’re constantly getting fucked.” ― David Mamet, Speed-The-Plow April 23, 2020

16396. “I blame Hollywood for skewing perspectives. Life is just a big romantic comedy to them, and if you meet cute, happily ever-after is a forgone conclusion.” ― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You April 23, 2020

16395. “In Hollywood, no one knows anything.” ― William Goldman April 23, 2020

16394. “Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that’s printed about him.” ― Orson Welles April 23, 2020

16393. “Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.” ― Joan Crawford April 23, 2020

16392. “In Hollywood if you don’t have a shrink, people think you’re crazy.” ― Johnny Carson April 23, 2020

16391. “Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.” ― Marilyn Monroe April 23, 2020

16057. Home Slice Pizza, Chicago April 17, 2020

16056. Thursday Doors: Chicago April 17, 2020

16055. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16054. Summer Dusk in Chicago April 17, 2020

16053. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16052. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16051. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16050. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16049. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16048. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16047. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16046. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16045. Street Scenes from the Pilsen Neighborhood of Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16044. Street Scenes from Chicago, Summer 2019 April 17, 2020

16043. Cloud Gate, Chicago April 17, 2020

16042. Millennium Park, Chicago April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

16041. Millennium Park, Chicago April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

16040. Millennium Park, Chicago April 17, 2020

16039. Millennium Park, Chicago April 17, 2020

16038. Millennium Park, Chicago April 17, 2020

16037. Grant Park, Chicago April 17, 2020

16036. Grant Park, Chicago April 17, 2020

16035. Grant Park in Chicago April 17, 2020

16034. Grant Park, Chicago April 17, 2020

16033. Summer in Chicago, 2019 April 17, 2020

16032. Summer in Chicago, 2019 April 17, 2020

16031. A Summer Morning in Chicago April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

15971. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020

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15969. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

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15966. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020

15965. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020

15964. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020

15963. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020

15962. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020

15961. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020

15960. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020