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Monthly Archives: November 2007

On the Continuing Hollywood strike

Hollywood money isn’t money. It’s congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.
From Self-Portrait, The Paris Review, “Writers at Work” 1956

On Oprah Accompanying Barack Obama to Iowa

Well, I think you’re simply marvelous, giving this perfectly marvelous party for him, and having him meet all these white people, and all. Isn’t he terribly grateful?
From Arrangement in Black and White

Advice to those stressed by the season

If I don’t drive around the park,
I’m pretty sure to make my mark.
If I’m in bed each night by ten,
I may get back my looks again.
If I abstain from fun and such,
I’ll probably amount to much;
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because I do not give a damn.

On all of the food this holiday season

The sweeter the apple, the blacker the core–
Scratch a lover, and find a foe!

On Heidi Fleiss running a coin-operated laundry while waiting to open a brothel

Ducking for apples - change one letter and it’s the story of my life.

On the Hollywood writers’ strike

The only “ism” hollywood believes in is plagiarism.