La limpieza no es natural. Si Dios hubiera querido que nos bañáramos, hubiera creado el árbol de jabones.
– Juanín, de 31 minutos.
Nature can serve as a reference point. But one that is rather hidden. If one could ‘know’ from outside the beating of the heart of such and such person, one would learn much about the exact meaning of his words. Respiration annunces itself. Running and emotion modify it. The heart remains hidden, like other orgns, each of which, we know, has its own rhythm.
– H. Lefebvre. Rhythmanalysis. Por eso y por muchas cosas más, Esteban Arce se la come en esta Navidad.
My writing partner Ed Burns said it best: “When the economy shrugs, it throws more people onto the corners.” It’s simple as that. Addiction is a growth industry in America. Not just in black America, but all across the country. Look at methamphetamine. Ultimately, because the drug trade is in part an economic imperative, meaning it’s the only factory still working in parts of America and therefore it is a viable employer where no other viable employer exists, it’s going to have its own fundamental lure. But it actually goes beyond money in this sense. People are defined by what they do in this culture. I think it’s the human condition. I don’t think it’s any different from any other time in history. You are what you do. You are your profession. You are your trade.
– David Simon, el creador de The Wire, una de las pocas series de televisión que me han descuadrado la vida. Le hicieron una entrevista extensa en Vice.