Reading
She commanded so much respect that when Playboy interviewed Ayn Rand in the ’60s, she edited the interview, striking some of the writer’s questions, rearranging her answers, and instructing Playboy‘s editor how she wanted her introduction to read.
She wrote a novel that people voted as the most influential book, next to the Bible.
She had an affair with a man half her age, with the consent of both their spouses.
She also, according to author of Ayn Rand and The World She Made Kindle book, made a uniform of a black velvet cape, a gold dollar-sign brooch, and an ivory cigarette holder, and used prescription amphetamines to fuel 24-hour writing sessions.
My sort of lady…
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09.Nov.2009
Hating
One of the freshest pieces of The Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl series, you’re in luck –
Despite what people say about Americans’ (lack of) culture, The Diary of a Jetsetting Call Girl ebook is no longer available on Amazon’s US site.
If you need a refresher — then I applaud you — The Diary of… was a sappy series of books about a 30-something Manhattanite who cooed at designer shoes she paid for with sex…
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09.Sep.2009
Reading
Everyone’s selling it, to some degree.
So I’m reading about two self-made women who did it blatantly, and retired in their forties with what would amount to $22,000,000 cash, in today’s dollar…
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09.Sep.2009
Wanting
Edith Wharton is one of my top three writers — she was a real master of the novel, and understood better than anyone how to stylize fiction to reveal more truth than journalism.
The Glimpses of the Moon highlights her other great skill: creating characters alive with moral questions. A novel about a couple who marries to live off honeymoon presents, you’ll note a timeless tension, you may –
Remember The Glimpses of the Moon making a guest appearance on Entourage, as a script Vinny Chase’s girlfriend-agent wanted him to take on.
Vinny didn’t read it — how could he? — but you should…
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21.Aug.2009
