Quotes by Warshow, Robert

Nobody seriously questions the principle that it is the function of ma >>

The experience of the gangster as an experience of art is universal to >>

Modern equalitarian societies whether democratic or authoritarian in t >>

Quotations about Villains

As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move wi >>

The experience of the gangster as an experience of art is universal to >>

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences >>

The experience of the gangster as an experience of art is universal to Americans. There is almost nothing we understand better or react to more readily or with quicker intelligence. In ways that we do not easily or willingly define, the gangster speaks for us, expressing that part of the American psyche which rejects the qualities and the demands of modern life, which rejects Americanism itself.

Warshow, Robert