Hmmm... were there any major writers who though they were bad?
Emily Dickenson?
I'm guessing Andrea Dworkin doesn't count as a major writer.
Nandi: I ain't her. Mal: Only people in this room is you and me.
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Volans - May 30, 2005 6:20:00 pm PDT #3518 of 10002
move out and draw fire
erikaj - May 30, 2005 6:31:53 pm PDT #3519 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Philip Roth wrote some sad, "never been up with people," type ones. And that thing with Portnoy and the liver. That counts, a little.
Gris - May 30, 2005 7:16:15 pm PDT #3520 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Certainly I know how Hitchcock felt about cool blondes and John Updike feels about blowjobs.
Let's not forget Joss Whedon and diminutive girls that kick ass.
§ ita § - May 30, 2005 7:17:25 pm PDT #3521 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I was going to project onto a stranger named Joss, I might go for Joss Whedon and fathers.
Trudy Booth - May 30, 2005 7:20:01 pm PDT #3522 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Or guys named some variant of "Bill."
Beverly - May 30, 2005 8:05:35 pm PDT #3523 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
David Thewlis is my new, secret boyfriend, though.
Ahem. I already called dibs. And I'm sharing with...somebody. I forget. We'd have to triple-tackle him. Or take turns.
Poor man. Poor, exhausted man.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2005 6:41:58 am PDT #3524 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hmmm... were there any major writers who though they were bad?
John Irving wasn't exactly singing their praises in The World According to Garp.
Sean K - May 31, 2005 6:54:42 am PDT #3525 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I was just about to say that Irving gave a pretty negative portrayal of blowjobs in Garp....
tommyrot - May 31, 2005 6:54:47 am PDT #3526 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
John Irving wasn't exactly singing their praises in The World According to Garp.
Or was he just saying that women giving them to men who were not their husbands was bad?
(I read that book ages ago - one of the few things I remember was the blowjob Bobbit scene.)
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2005 7:09:36 am PDT #3527 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think it's similar to the way aversion therapy isn't used on food cravings because the effect spreads too widely. The theaterfuls of guys wincing and crossing their legs at that scene in the movie version probably weren't making the distinction for their visceral reactions.