Quote of the Day

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I sooooo completely identify with Ebert's piece up today about his pack-rat mentality - mostly regarding his enormous and ever-growing book collection and related accoutrement, and his inability to throw any of it out. In fact, as I read through the piece he named some books he's got and I thought they just sounded so swell I ran to Amazon to see if I could get them to toss onto my own towering heap. I am hopeless. Anyway, choice quote from Roger:

"My possessions are getting away from me. We have an agreement. My office is my office. Chaz has her own book-filled office, and takes care that the rest of the house is clean and orderly. My office has a glass door with this gilt lettering:

The Ebert Company, Ltd.
Fine Film Criticism since 1967.

I have not been been able to even get into the storage closet of my office for four years. The room is lined floor to ceiling with film books, and the shelves of directors and actors with names beginning H, I, J, K and L are blocked by piles of stuff on the floor. What? You expect me to throw out my first Tandy 100? And there's a 40-year run of Sight and Sound there somewhere."

And people question why I love Roger Ebert? That door inscription is the greatest dorkiest thing ever and I am terribly terribly jealous that I don't have that in my own life.
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