In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe and shift about, like live matter in soil.
“It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights.”
“You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people.”