I Don't Want To Get Hung Up

I Like Beryl Bainbridge A Great Deal, And She Is A Writer Who Absolutely Demands To Be Read A Second, Third, And Fourth Time. I Admire Her Great Courage In Leaving So Much Unsaid And Asking The Reader To Really Engage Her Brain.

She Touched His Hand For The Last Time. "oh, Karim, That We Have Already Done. But Always There Was A Problem Between Us. How Can I Explain? I Wasn't Me, And You Weren't You. From The Very Beginning To The Very End, We Didn't See Things. What We Did--we Made Each Other Up." P. 382

I Don't Want To Get Hung Up On What 'people,' That Nebulous Mass, Think About Me. That's The Way To Unhappiness, I Think.

I Get Really Excited If I Think I'm Going To Introduce Somebody To A Writer They Haven't Found Before And I Think They'll Love. My Favorite Books To Get As Gifts Are Any That The Giver Is Messianic About.

I Was Always An Outsider, Always Standing Outside, Observing And Trying To Figure Things Out. Which Is Exactly What You Need To Do As A Writer, I Suppose.