Apropos of Nothing

I have to say Naomi is not only a terrific movie star and very beautiful, but she has the sexiest two upper front teeth in show business.

Since Mia and I had not been the lovers the public imagined, I had been very ripe for a more meaningful relationship. It could have been some actress, a secretary, a dental hygienist who liked Swedish movies.

As for the dynamite blondes, the idea of Veronica Lake heating up over some paunchy shamus who couldn’t score with a nymphomaniac on a desert island using Spanish Fly made me laugh.

Zelig was about how we all want to be accepted, to fit in, to not offend, that we often present a different person to different people knowing which person might best please. With someone who loves Moby Dick, for example, the protagonist will go along and find things to praise about it. With one who dislikes the book, the Zelig character will get with the program and dislike it. In the end this obsession for conformity leads to fascism.

I loved Hemingway and Camus because they were simple and caused me to feel

The fun for me was always in the doing

studied his performance to figure out the problem, but I should have been examining the writing. Always look at the writing first when something’s not working.

The art has its reasons, which reason knows nothing of.”

world I will never feel comfortable in, never understand, and never approve of or forgive.

You’re too stupid for anything to bother you,”