It was an experiment, and I think a successful one, in communal living. It worked largely because Auden ran it; he was exceptionally adept at getting the necessary money out of us when it was due.

-Bowles, Paul Frederick
  On an artist's house in NewYork. Without Stopping:  An Autobiography, ch.12.

I hope we're such a communal society that we'll always insist on sharing an adventure in the dark with strangers, no matter what the platform hardware. That's my wish and dreamöthat we never give up the communal experience.It starteda long timeagowith cavepaintings and I hope it doesn't go away.

-Spielberg, Steven
  On whether cinema has a future. Quoted on www.filmmonthly.com,12 Dec.