God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions.
If someone is doing a great job, we want to know about them. Secondly, we want to know who is making these lists none of us can buy from; we want to know who to blame.
TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect ("Glossina morsitans") whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist ("Mendax interminabilis").
When you're really considering all the qualities of food, purity is right there at the top of the list. I'm unwilling to eat food that has been adulterated.
In Italy it's full-on stardom when you're a cyclist - eating in restaurants for free, it's great.
A novelist needs to know his own strong points and weak points.
I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.
I added 'writers' to my list of people not to trust. They make everything up.
normal person's weekly chore list: 1. clean kitchen. 2. clean bathroom. 3. clean entire rest of domicile. cleaning impaired person's weekly chore list: 1. don't get peanut butter on sheets.
I'm a huge Coppola fan. But more of 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Conversation.' 'The Godfather' for me is, like, number three or four on the list.