As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.

Sheldon "Shelley" Berman (born February 3 1925) is an American comedian actor writer teacher lecturer philanthropist and poet. In the mid-1950s he became a member of Chicago's Compass Players which later evolved into The Second City.

Sheldon "Shelley" Berman (born February 3 1925) is an American comedian actor writer teacher lecturer philanthropist and poet.