tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post3786795781874205097..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: The customer is always irrelevantTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-33790862720456262862011-04-01T16:32:29.383+01:002011-04-01T16:32:29.383+01:00I write so that I can call myself a writer and mak...I write so that I can call myself a writer and make people think that I wear purple velvet jackets and live in a quaint home filled with intriguing artifacts and that when I give them that "look" they will think that I understand them better than they themselves do.E. Studnickahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831185856061207596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-5264653301323499532011-04-01T07:08:48.263+01:002011-04-01T07:08:48.263+01:00Nobody is, e@l, nobody is.Nobody is, e@l, nobody is.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-51837252198496608722011-03-31T15:08:10.551+01:002011-03-31T15:08:10.551+01:00She's not quite Jacqueline Howett is she, good...She's not quite <a href="http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/2011/03/greek-seaman-jacqueline-howett.html?showComment=130132" rel="nofollow">Jacqueline Howett</a> is she, good old Beryl?expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-59395888481340560992011-03-31T08:12:40.014+01:002011-03-31T08:12:40.014+01:00Think that's the problem, Sam. They like to ge...Think that's the problem, Sam. They like to get lost in their own creativity, but won't allow anyone else in.<br /><br />You have a blog, Charles? Why didn't you say?<br /><br />He was indeed a publishing sensation, Laura, but I suspect the thing he enjoyed was that people didn't point him out as "the author Quentin Crisp", but just as "Quentin Crisp." Did he ever meet Beryl, I wonder? I reckon they'd have got along, in a brittle way.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-9606447804324191302011-03-30T21:52:57.735+01:002011-03-30T21:52:57.735+01:00Quentin Crisp would concur and used to say 'Bo...Quentin Crisp would concur and used to say 'Books are for writing, not reading.'<br /><br />That said, I think he was pretty delighted to become a publishing sensation, even if he did have to wait until he was 75!The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-85483541380021632132011-03-30T11:25:39.986+01:002011-03-30T11:25:39.986+01:00Can I call her an arsehole? I only write so people...Can I call her an arsehole? I only write so people can pretend they don't read my blog when they meet me. I find that really satisfying.Charles Edward Frithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231685619963486690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-29594246833312680042011-03-30T09:33:34.339+01:002011-03-30T09:33:34.339+01:00I really enjoyed getting lost in their creativity,...I really enjoyed getting lost in their creativity, and then reaching the comments was like a balloon getting pricked. Beryl does seem fun though.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589579937617098969noreply@blogger.com