“The fraudulent practices that got people into homes they couldn’t afford are at the heart of our problem.” — Robert Scheer There is no doubt…
Posts published by “Todd Walton”
“I always felt that the great high privilege, relief, and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.” — Katherine Mansfield A soggy…
“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are…
Whilst discussing my hopes and expectations for the San Francisco Giants with Mark Scaramella, he suggested I try my hand at writing about disappointment. I…
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.” — Raymond Chandler Before the advent of the interweb, I frequented libraries and secondhand…
I have never heard of a workshop for writers that teaches the efficacious use of sex to make it big in thea tre or publishing or the movie business, but any writer who has toiled in Hollywood or New York or in the out posts of those Babylons knows that sexual linkage to people in power is of paramount importance to success in The Biz; and anyone who denies this is either a phony or grossly naïve.
“Bodies devoid of mind are as statues in the market place.” — Euripides Have you ever seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers? I’m thinking particularly…
“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein I first encountered the writing of Ludwig Wittgenstein in…
“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.” — Tom Robbins Big game tonight, our Giants scrapping for first…