Ayn Rand quote thought of at AP Reading
I just want to post this quote because I couldn't remember it precisely but have been thinking of it all week each time I got an essay on an Ayn Rand book.
The funniest, and possibly wisest, observation ever made about Ayn Rand, the high priestess of self-interest, was posted on a blog by John Rogers, a screenwriter and comedian. "There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged," he wrote. "One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
The funniest, and possibly wisest, observation ever made about Ayn Rand, the high priestess of self-interest, was posted on a blog by John Rogers, a screenwriter and comedian. "There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged," he wrote. "One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."