"Well, any time you do anything good, it’s man versus himself, right? That’s the art, the challenge." ― John Cusack Topic(s): Art More From John Cusack "I was a teen star. That’s disgusting enough." "The movies have got more corporate, they’re making fewer movies in general, and those they are making are all $200-$300m tent-pole releases that eat up all the oxygen." "I was never into the popular school or clique or anything. Then I started doing movies when I was in high school, so then I got popular. Then the girls paid attention to you who didn’t before." More In Art "It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists."― John Ruskin "Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home."― Gwendolyn Brooks "One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It’s why he found shooting on set boring – because he had already composed the film in his head."― Camille Paglia