Charles Bukowski: Factotum, 1975

"If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery — isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is." - Bukowski

From the diary of Anais Nin

The French-Cuban writer penned 16 journals over the course of her life -they are all published. Lisa Congdon has illustrated the one above.

The Great Gatsby Comming Soon!

Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic is due out in 2013 and judging by the trailer it's going to be a visual feast!

10 Rules for Students, Teachers, and Life by John Cage and Corita Kent

Verlyn Klinkenborg on Writing

Hemingway is by far my favourite author

I'm reading his masterpiece For Whom The Bell Tolls, which was published in 1940 and whom he dedicated to Martha Gellhorn.

Basil Rathbone - Most amazing voice actor ever!

1940

Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

This T-shirt will be mine!

THE THOUGHT TRANSLATOR (Part 8)

Brad forgot his keys on Tab’s desk. I seized the opportunity but paused at Brad’s desk. I had an ominous feeling. I wasn’t this kind of guy. I returned the keys and bagged my brief.

‘I hope you’ve got a Fairy God Mother,’ Meg crowed.

I jumped.

‘Or a wizard!’

Stanley Kubrick in a 1968 Playboy interview

THE THOUGHT TRANSLATOR (Part 7)

‘How did you interpret invisible?’ I asked when Tab dragged herself away to answer the phone.

Brad gave a smug shrug and slipped the folder into his bottom draw before locking it. The silver key swung on the ring like a carrot next to his house key. He pocketed them.

A Writer's Goal

'It is our job to create books that are compelling enough to pull a reader out of that crazy beeping world and into a quiet place to have a real experience for 20 hours and if enough of us can keep doing that we'll keep the thing going.' Jonathan Franzen speaking to Meet the Writers (view below)

Jonathan Franzen on Meet the Writers...

... speaking about where he gets his inspiration, why writers keep writing fiction and how writers can compete with technology.

Sookie Stackhouse Box Set Coming My Way!

THE THOUGHT TRANSLATOR (Part 6)

I counted to ten then spun around to look at Brad. He was smoothing back his shoulder-length blond hair for the hundredth time that hour and leaning back into his chair flirting with the 20-something receptionist, Tab.

He met my eyes and raised his brows.

Bugger, he’s got a plan.

THE THOUGHT TRANSLATOR (Part 5)

VP meant a pay rise. A pay rise meant I could afford the ring in Benoir’s on Bond Street.

‘By invisible, he mean’s harmonious with the environment?’

'No moron, he means invisible,’ Meg said sipping then spitting out her coffee.

‘But that’s…impossible.’

‘Poor Nicole.’ She waggled her chubby ring finger.

THE THOUGHT TRANSLATOR (Part 4)

No joke.

She was tight lipped about the offer for the tender but we’d won easily. She was devastatingly cunning.
If we could pull this off I knew it would mean a lot to our reputation.

Meg made it clear that  one of us would make Vice President.

Charlaine Harris's Grave Sight: An Amazing Read!

I picked up a copy of this because I love Charlaine Harris and it is just as good as her Sookie Stackhouse series - Loving it!

THOUGHT TRANSLATOR (Part 3)

I sipped my cold coffee then flipped it open.

1.0 Brief
This brief outlines the requirements for a 400 Room Luxury Hotel at Hyde Park Corner as part of the ITL project.

BINGO, hotels were my forte. I skipped down the page.

4.0 Architectural Design

• Invisible structure
• Rotating rooms