William’s Fatherly Advice to the Unknown Scott, Dirk: How many of the following statements are true about our fictional characters in The Unknown? I love rock stars, but we’re writers, and, you know, writers, for all their problems, live longer and, in their maturity, do better work than rock stars. I mean, name the last three Rolling Stones albums. Can’t do it? Name the last three Pynchon novels. Easy? You guys are beautiful, like a butterfly made out of folded LSD blotter paper or a beersoaked coaster. You bring out the best in me, the beast in me. And every new scene we write makes the beast stronger, more complicated, funny, charming, devious and hungry. In this respect, our failure to get our book published can be understood as denial, a refusal to grow up. To finish the Unknown would be tantamount to recovery. See you in Australia. Love, |
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