Beers & Books LXXVII – Camilo José Cela

The Hive
*
Ideas?
My head is full of them, one after the other,
but they serve no purpose there.
They must be put down on paper,
one after the other.

Camilo José Cela (11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002)

New Quests on Route 66

And good luck
for your quests
on Route 66

Vamos!

Beers & Books LXXVI – José Ortega y Gasset

The Revolt of the Masses
*
"Better beware of
notions like genius and inspiration;
they are a sort of magic wand
and should be used sparingly by anybody
who wants to see things clearly."

José Ortega y Gasset (9 May 1883 – 18 October 1955)

Saturday Night Music – Adriana Varela

Adriana Varela * 9 May 1952

Beers & Books LXXV – Thomas Pynchon

V.,
The Crying of Lot 49,
Against the Day*,
*
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions,
they don't have to worry about the answers.

* List of Episodes in Against the Day

* Pynchon Wiki: Against the Day

 Thomas Pynchon *8 May 1937

Beers & Books LXXIX – Egon Erwin Kisch

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Egon Erwin Kisch (29 April 1885 – 31 March 1948)

 

Beers & Books LXXVIII – Ian Rankin

"I don't have many friends.
It's not because I'm a misanthrope.
It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained.
I get all my adventures in my head
when I'm writing my books."

Ian Rankin *28 April 1960

Beers & Books LXXVII – Roberto Bolaño

Literature is a vast forest
and the masterpieces are the lakes,
the towering trees or strange trees,
the lovely eloquent flowers, the hidden caves,
but a forest is also made up of ordinary trees,
patches of grass, puddles,
clinging vines, mushrooms and little wildflowers.

Roberto Bolaño (28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003)

Beers & Books LXXVI – Terry Pratchett

Truthfully,
without over-egging it, as I often do,
the library and journalism,
those things made me who I am.

Terry Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015)

Milord

Milva (17 July 1946 – 23 April 2021)

Window View

20:18

 

Milva

Milva (17 July 1939 – 23 April 2021)

Beers & Books LXXV – Anthony Trollope

Three hours a day
will produce as much as a man ought to write.

Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 Dezember 1882)