The teeming mass of the working class…
“I didn’t want to be in the teeming mass of the working class… I didn’t want to live and die in the same place with only a week at the seaside in between. I dreamed…
To the heart…
“And there are plays – and books and songs and poems and dances – that are perhaps upsetting or intricate or unusual, that leave you unsure, but which you think about perhaps the next day,…
Dean’s first collection on the streets…
Dean Wilson’s first collection of poetry was going to be called Confessions of a Redundant Postman. I do hope such trivia will turn up in a pub quiz one day – and not just in Hull…
Words…
Struggling with words these days. Had a good natter about it last night. I think owning a typewriter might help. We’ll see. “Words… They’re innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other,…
A total whatever…
“Funny how ye tell people a story to make a point and ye fail, ye fail, a total disaster. Not only do ye no make yer point it winds up the exact fucking opposite man,…
Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing…
Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue. 4. Never use an adverb to modify the…
Don’t freeze up…
“Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.” Thomas Wolfe – You Can’t Go Home Again
This storm…
Murakami is the man… “Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play…
Existence…
“There are only two worlds – your world, which is the real world, and other worlds, the fantasy. Worlds like this are worlds of the human imagination: their reality, or lack of reality, is not…
Unusual experiment…
I haven’t been drinking, haven’t been in a bar, haven’t been at the Dingo, Dome nor Select. Haven’t seen anybody. Not going to see anybody. Trying unusual experiment of a writer writing. That will also…