Vacation From Reality
A quote from Alan Moore, writer of such works as the graphic novels The Watchmen and From Hell:
“Television and movies have short-circuited reality. I don’t think a lot of people are entirely clear on what is real and what is on the screen.”
A quote from the 9/11 commission vice chairman, Lee Hamilton:
“The intelligence community gets fascinated with paramilitary covert actions, it’s pretty sexy stuff. The James Bond stuff, and it begins to I think have an impact on the quality of intelligence.”
Does that mean that writing screenplays makes me an indirect threat to national security? I suddenly feel the weight of responsibility I didn’t know I had…