An example of a photo you’d take while waiting to receive your editor’s daily notes – how could anyone question the literary output of one who would wear such socks? Now you see exactly why I need an editor, a little governing is always a good idea faced with baffling…
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The little one is Eric Lloyd Wright, his grandfather’s hand to his head, his father not wearing a beret. He grew up in the family business. And spoke at length, reading from the diary of Anaïs Nin about the house he created for her and his half-brother, in Silverlake.
LOS ANGELES TIMES: HISTORY Storied past, uncertain future Rupert Pole’s labor of love in the hills of Silver Lake stands airy and empty, yet echoes with the vibrancy of free spirit Anais Nin. September 07, 2006|Janet Eastman | Times Staff Writer THE glass-and-concrete house on a hilly Silver Lake street…
Write what you know??? If that were true all you’d be hearing from me is, “Blah-blah-blah, perimenopause, blah-blah-blah, who didn’t close the refrigerator?, blah-blah-blah, that director is an ASSHOLE, blah-blah-blah, does anyone see my glasses anywhere… Furthermore poppets, I get queasy handing out advice, but the thing about writing, more…
An excerpt from a piece written by Kristopher Jansma, author of The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, on finishing—writing the end—of a novel: Kurt Vonnegut put it best in a lecture to M.F.A. students at the University of Iowa: “The truth is, we know so little about life, we don’t…
The day after Christmas, early 1930s: William Faulkner (yes, he was married and significantly older) pictured with Meta Carpenter Wilde (secretary to Howard Hawks and later a Script Supervisor). Meta Carpenter Wilde wrote a book in 1976 about her eighteen year relationship – “A Loving Gentleman” – with the storied…
There’s enchantment here, and the precision of memory laid down to a throbbing beat: The next day I decide to go to London and meet Nick Danger. Dave probably meant well, but it’s pretty obvious that he’s not going to connect me with anyone at Melody Maker. The last time…
Sally: [Crying hysterically] And I’m going to be forty! Harry: When? Sally: Someday! Harry: In eight years! Sally: But it’s there! It’s like a big dead end! And it’s not the same for men — Charlie Chaplin had kids in his 70’s! Harry: Yeah, but he was too old to…
Desk Set (1957) written by Nora and Delia’s mom and dad, Phoebe and Henry Ephron
Ruthie Saylor: [Talking about Richard Sumner as he tape measures the office] Do you think we’re being redecorated? Sylvia Blair: Does he look like an interior decorator to you? Peg Costello: No. He looks like one of those men who suddenly switched to vodka!