William Faulkner
In 1932, William Faulkner was
offered a $500-a-week contract ($8,500 today) to write scripts at
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer but didn’t have enough money to send a telegram to answer yes.
When literature goes wrong
In 1890, 60 common starlings were
released in Central Park in an attempt to introduce every bird mentioned in the
works of Shakespeare to America. They became a pest, and there are currently
150 million of them.
We would
“We would be together and have
our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the
stars bright.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
BUT IN THE NIGHT
BUT IN THE NIGHT
HE WOKE AND HELD HER TIGHT AS THOUGH SHE WERE ALL OF LIFE AND IT WAS BEING
TAKEN FROM HIM.
- Ernest Hemingway
