Ralph Steadman Answers Your Questions - Freakonomics
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Ralph Steadman Answers Your Questions - Freakonomics
On his personal website, he wrote, "My new book, The Joke's Over, emerged as a form of therapy after the shock of sudden death following the suicide of my friend of 35 years, Hunter S Thompson.
"He always said that he would do it but that does not prepare you for the reality of the brutal act.
"As I once printed on a brown paper bag in handset type, ... See more
"He always said that he would do it but that does not prepare you for the reality of the brutal act.
"As I once printed on a brown paper bag in handset type, ... See more
How Hunter persuaded Steadman to stay Welsh
Another Brownell adage that Perkins subscribed to was that the worst reason for publishing anything was that it resembled something else, that however unconscious, “an imitation is always inferior.”
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
I’ve been told from time to time that it takes a lot of guts to paint yourself in an unflattering light the way I do in my books. That’s not true, I tell Wyatt Mason. It’s not courage, or if it’s courage it’s the same kind of courage General Massu displays when he uses the generator on himself. Like him, I can stop when I want, I can say what I wan
... See moreJohn Lambert • Yoga
Thinking of the 19th century French artist Grandville and his satirical carrots. His drawings were wildly surreal, yet so politically biting that he was persecuted by the monarchy. He broke from the conventions of realism, and tapped the uncanny non-rational order of dreams
The… Show more