>From: tony >To: >Subject: >Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 15:51:58 -0800 > > The great thing about obscurity is that you never have to endure a >period >during which you become unfashionable. The bad thing about being a >talentless egomaniac with a typewriter and agoraphobia is that you know for >sure that you should throw your typewriter away but are afraid to walk it >to >the dumpster and are too poor to afford to have someone throw it away for >you. > When you write, you get to watch your hands get old. They're stuck out >there, right out in front there, and they're gettin' old. Pretty soon >you've got Shar-Pei hands. Million-dollar, showdog hands. Ladies with big >hair and jewelry win prizes for you as you sit, folded into immobility. > >I'll make a deal with you. When I talk about beauty, if I ever do, I will >never again use the word 'beautiful.'