October 11, 2006

10 Things I’ve Learned About Love

You can’t hurry it (OK so I stole that from Diana Ross but, hell, you try and think of 10 things and not fall back on a cliché or two).
There are two things in life you can’t buy – talent and love.  Sex, of course, you never stop paying for.
Never give advice to friends who [...]

October 11, 2006

Truman Capote and the Autograph Hunter

The film Capote gives an insightful portrait of a complex man with serious foibles and a great gift for writing.  Amongst his weaknesses was a penchant for invention that sometimes resulted in him telling the same story differently.  Although Gore Vidal is a little less generous: 
“He was a pathological liar. He couldn’t tell the truth [...]