tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post3580445669183408809..comments2024-03-02T22:28:45.521-05:00Comments on Inveresk Street Ingrate: Smoking In Bed: Conversations With Bruce Robinson edited by Alistair Owen (Bloomsbury 2000)Imposs1904http://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-22850073046835920252010-08-03T05:52:36.323-04:002010-08-03T05:52:36.323-04:00'Fraid so. It's mostly young and ambitious...'Fraid so. It's mostly young and ambitious Tony Blair all-spin-and-bullshit types these days. Get a job from daddy, then sit there rewriting press releases, or writing columns whingeing about the au pair. Where are our Jeffrey Bernards?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-70536841594881544442010-08-02T13:40:36.259-04:002010-08-02T13:40:36.259-04:00I don't have the hollow legs for a career in j...I don't have the hollow legs for a career in journalism . . . or am I just stuck in 1963 time warp?Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-72120196550497780752010-08-02T10:18:49.986-04:002010-08-02T10:18:49.986-04:00Then a successful career in journalism awaits!Then a successful career in journalism awaits!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-40401516871882983582010-08-02T09:58:20.345-04:002010-08-02T09:58:20.345-04:00'fraid I'm not a writer. I'm one of li...'fraid I'm not a writer. I'm one of life's cut and pasters.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-495391378306497862010-08-02T09:04:50.160-04:002010-08-02T09:04:50.160-04:00I hope that following Bukowski's advice leads ...I hope that following Bukowski's advice leads to an outpouring! I'd particularly like to see you write a piece on the role individual SPGBers have played in historic class struggles. I know you have a lot of knowledge about this and it would be nice to have it all down on paper – something to shove down the throats of all those idiots who talk about 'clean hands' and 'good boys'...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-23806848496243548352010-08-02T08:08:32.383-04:002010-08-02T08:08:32.383-04:00Best advice on writing I ever heard was Bukowski&#...Best advice on writing I ever heard was Bukowski's:<br /><br />http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/show/43542-Charles-Bukowski-So-You-Want-To-Be-A-Writer<br /><br />It was only when I took this advice seriously that I found, to my surprise, that I actually quite enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-49583700164206201812010-08-02T07:50:09.314-04:002010-08-02T07:50:09.314-04:00Aaah, but you do write.
Some of us don't . ....Aaah, but you do write.<br /><br />Some of us don't . . .Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-54796824165289955482010-08-02T07:48:36.857-04:002010-08-02T07:48:36.857-04:00Oh, thanks for the tip. I'll get a copy. Obvio...Oh, thanks for the tip. I'll get a copy. Obviously love Withnail, and his novel too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-43444048452145939822010-08-02T07:45:49.059-04:002010-08-02T07:45:49.059-04:00I've racked my brains for the last 15 minutes ...I've racked my brains for the last 15 minutes and I have no witty riposte to that anecdote.<br /><br />One thing I remembered whilst rereading this book is how much Robinson makes a person want to write. I don't think I've ever read another book or watched a film which captures the joy (and pain) of writing more.Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-35627643610140573072010-08-02T06:58:12.423-04:002010-08-02T06:58:12.423-04:00One of my and Lynn's first dates was at an SWP...One of my and Lynn's first dates was at an SWP showing of Battleship Potemkin. Ah, what a romantic fool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com