Anita Loos worked for a very long time in the film industry, had an unfailingly cheerful disposition, and knew a whole hell of a lot of people. She wrote several… Read more Anita Loos receives notes from William Faulkner, Aldous Huxley, and F. Scott Fitzgerald →
INTERVIEWER Can working for the movies hurt your own writing? FAULKNER Nothing can injure a man’s writing if he’s a first-rate writer. If a man is not a first-rate writer,… Read more “Can working for the movies hurt your own writing?” Paris Review – The Art of Fiction No. 12, William Faulkner →
Here are the words of Mr. Bennett Cerf, a great publisher, a great wit, and apparently a great guy. May he smooth any heavenly feathers I ruffled in regards to… Read more I was a little rude about one of the great American authors last week… →
I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinion. What Hollywood looked like when Mr. Faulkner deigned to spend time here… This is the corner of Highland and Hollywood Blvd. The… Read more “Everything in Los Angeles is too large, too loud and usually banal in concept… The plastic asshole of the world.” William Faulkner →
Have you read Maria Popova’s always intriguing “Brain Pickings”? Beautifully written and researched pieces…an eclectic and fascinating collection of essays, often slyly funny… In 1916, as he was about to… Read more William Faulkner’s Little-Known Jazz Age Drawings, with a Side of Literary Derision | Brain Pickings →
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… Read more Writers in Hollywood, Faulkner, Huxley, Odets…and Grandma (a repost from 2012) →
”There are misconceptions about Faulkner as a screenwriter,” Mr. Brodsky said. ”Actually, he worked very hard on the scripts. What he didn’t like was that the films were never made.… Read more A Trove of Faulkner Film Scripts – New York Times →
