Novelist Ian McEwan, in a Q&A with the Weekend Journal's Alexandra Alter, had this to say about the current state of things:
We have a very rackety, partisan, sometimes very intrusive press. One of the things they love to be is indignant. People might have in the past loved sex; I think they now love indignation more. Indignation seems to thrill. So a media storm is often driven beyond all reason, people taking offense or people huffing and puffing.
I am glad to say my huffing and puffing are both still rooted in more physical pursuits. But now I wonder who might be offended by my transparency. Ahh! Only the literalists, I presume, would find fault in my words.
Unwittingly, they're a funny bunch.
_____________________
©2010/Contratimes. All Rights Reserved.
