Comments on: Writers by Fay Godwin http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/writers-by-fay-godwin/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Write And Get Paid Today http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/writers-by-fay-godwin/comment-page-1/#comment-110885 Write And Get Paid Today Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:31:12 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1189#comment-110885 You’re in good company, Jim. Philip Larkin is reported as describing portraits of himself as looking like “the late Stan Laurel”, “CS Lewis on a drugs charge”, or displaying “as much expression as a lump of sugar”. On other occasions he complained he looked like “a cross between an egg and a bloodhound” and “an egg sculpted in lard, with goggles on”. You’re in good company, Jim. Philip Larkin is reported as describing portraits of himself as looking like “the late Stan Laurel”, “CS Lewis on a drugs charge”, or displaying “as much expression as a lump of sugar”. On other occasions he complained he looked like “a cross between an egg and a bloodhound” and “an egg sculpted in lard, with goggles on”.

]]> By: Kathleen Maher http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/writers-by-fay-godwin/comment-page-1/#comment-109359 Kathleen Maher Fri, 16 May 2008 01:37:16 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1189#comment-109359 Serves me, right, John, for not checking here often enough. These were a treat. <strong>jb says</strong>: Salman Rushdie, way back when . . . Serves me, right, John, for not checking here often enough. These were a treat.

jb says: Salman Rushdie, way back when . . .

]]> By: Jim Murdoch http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/writers-by-fay-godwin/comment-page-1/#comment-109293 Jim Murdoch Tue, 13 May 2008 18:08:50 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1189#comment-109293 Enjoyed that. I could look at portraits all day. I mentioned in a blog a while ago that I used to have this book, and still do actually, with photos of writers in it and I could never see myself there. It's not that my face is exactly without character but I'm not sure I actually have a photo of me that I like. I can tolerate what my wife did to the photograph she took of me in Dublin airport because it presents me as a character. It seems a little less me. When I resized the jpeg a couple of days ago I did have a look at the original and went, "Naaaah." <strong>jb says</strong>: You're in good company, Jim. Philip Larkin is reported as describing portraits of himself as looking like "the late Stan Laurel", "CS Lewis on a drugs charge", or displaying "as much expression as a lump of sugar". On other occasions he complained he looked like "a cross between an egg and a bloodhound" and "an egg sculpted in lard, with goggles on". Enjoyed that. I could look at portraits all day.

I mentioned in a blog a while ago that I used to have this book, and still do actually, with photos of writers in it and I could never see myself there. It’s not that my face is exactly without character but I’m not sure I actually have a photo of me that I like. I can tolerate what my wife did to the photograph she took of me in Dublin airport because it presents me as a character. It seems a little less me. When I resized the jpeg a couple of days ago I did have a look at the original and went, “Naaaah.”

jb says: You’re in good company, Jim. Philip Larkin is reported as describing portraits of himself as looking like “the late Stan Laurel”, “CS Lewis on a drugs charge”, or displaying “as much expression as a lump of sugar”. On other occasions he complained he looked like “a cross between an egg and a bloodhound” and “an egg sculpted in lard, with goggles on”.

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