Edward Albee told a story about Bette Davis wanting the part of Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf on film, claiming she was his first choice. Albee thought it would be wonderful for Davis to open the film with the line, “What a dump. Who said that, George, ‘What a dump’?”
When, of course, it [...]






About Writing:

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it. Federico Fellini

Save a Blogger from Begging: Buy Stuff:

chinese jacket

Signed first editions
at special prices.


1765 feed subscribers

My Website

Visit my website for news of readings and appearances, reviews of and extracts from my novels, interviews, quotations on writing, revolution, lies, time and dance, art, serial killers, and humour. Read short stories, view author images and much more.

Submit your news

Please continue to let me know about literary-related news. I can't promise to publish everything, but if it grabs my interest . . .

Text Size

If you find the text of this blog too small or too large for easy reading, you can alter the size of the font in your browser controls. Alternatively, press the CTRL key and roll the mouse wheel forward or back.