Burt [Lancaster] and I met and got along immediately but we would always argue. He threatened to kill me twice actually when he got in a temper. He dragged me up by the pelvis screaming, "You cock-sucking arsehole British piece of shit!", the lot. Fuck me. But he remained a dear friend and he was a wonderful man so who cares if he tried to kill me ( Read more... )

Peppermint Patty: "If you wake up, but don't open your eyes, will the day go away?"

- from PEANUTS, January 10th 1972

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"It's wonderful to see things being born... to see them born... and to see them die."
- Kurt (Christopher Lee) in THE WHIP AND THE BODY (1963 Dir: Mario Bava)

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The entire day had been spent finding the item for Mr Tagomi, and Childan's bitterness and anxiety almost overwhelmed him as he watched the buildings pass. And yet - triumph. The separate skill, apart from the rest of him: he had found the right thing, and Mr Tagomi would be mollified and his client, whoever he was, would be overjoyed. I always ( Read more... )

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On the evening of that day in Sheffield when Henry James read THE AMERICAN to the company he saw a performance of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. After the curtain had fallen he went round to my father's dressing room. For some minutes James sat in a contemplative silence. At last my father, in the way of the actor-manager, asked him how he had enjoyed ( Read more... )

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