October 2009
September 2009
Kurt Vonnegut Reads Breakfast of Champions →
syntheticpubes:
via Merlin, who said, “When you hear Kurt Vonnegut reading this aloud you appreciate the necessity of science fiction; it’s a way we crazy people have of talking about the world without talking about the world.”
Vonnegut is king.
Kurt Vonnegut explains drama
I was at a Kurt Vonnegut talk in New York a few years ago. Talking about writing, life, and everything.
He explained why people have such a need for drama in their life.
He said, “People have been hearing fantastic stories since time began. The problem is, they think life is supposed to be like the stories. Let’s look at a few examples.”
He drew an empty grid on the board, like this:
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barefootjukebox:
To the Other Woman(I’m the Other...
