Don't graduate

The best directorial touch is 'I don't know'.

Arthur Penn

How and why one should upholster tree stumps.

“We have to be utterly broken before we can realize that it is impossible to better the truth. It is the truth that we deny which so tenderly and forgivingly picks up the fragments and puts them back together again.” Laurens Van der Post

from Muse to Muse Blog

“Does the sun ask itself, “Am I good? Am I worthwhile? Is there enough of me?” No, it burns and it shines. Does the sun ask itself, “What does the moon think of me? How does Mars feel about me today?” No it burns, it shines. Does the sun ask itself, “Am I as big as other suns in other galaxies?” No, it burns, it shines.”

–- Andrea Dworkin, 'From Our Blood'

Ian Rankin is interviewed in Chapman magazine on the creative process and the status of crime novels. He has some very interesting things to say - which I would repeat but no time tonight.

Day a washout went to party last night and managed a hangover on two glasses of wine plus wheezey chest from the brie... no wonder alcohol is not recommended for creative types.