Elayne Rapping Quotes (6 Quotes)

We are drawn to easy labels. ... It's a human characteristic to dichotomize things into black and white because it makes things seem so clear. But if you did the real story about a triangle like this, it wouldn't be as interesting.

It's come full circle. There's more intrigue when people identify themselves as virgins or celibate or whatever. People have gotten bored with the endless display of graphic sex.

I was thinking that times have changed. But actually they haven't. Celebrity culture still thrives on this idea of the scorned woman and the evil seductress.

That was a huge scandal, ... quite the glamour girl, and Reynolds was pigtails and gingham shorts.

I think the fascination with this story says a lot about both men's and women's fantasies. I think a lot of women who have been dumped by men do have this fantasy about doing what Jean Harris did. And for men there's this great fear and the thrill that comes with it that even if you're dating a very classy woman, there's always a chance that you just might get killed.

It's very safe in the academic community no one thinks anything of it. But to some extent there's more talk than action.