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Philip Mann

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I read all sorts of books and have started writing for real, that is, to write books that people will want to read.
But really, who reads these things, anyway?

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Philip Mann You're very kind, Katherine. The honest answer is that I haven't figured out how this blog thing works. I usually just comment here and there, try to …moreYou're very kind, Katherine. The honest answer is that I haven't figured out how this blog thing works. I usually just comment here and there, try to talk about myself without talking about myself, if you understand.
But I will get into this whole socialist media thing soon.(less)
Philip Mann Complicated answer. In a way, all my characters are based on somebody I know, or knew. I mix and match their traits, make some up, leave out others. L…moreComplicated answer. In a way, all my characters are based on somebody I know, or knew. I mix and match their traits, make some up, leave out others. Lee, the anti-heroine, has some of my ideas, if not traits, but she is based on an image, if you will, of somebody attractive, mysterious and potentially very dangerous. David is definitely based on somebody I know, Vi is also, but to a lesser degree.
I have to see the person in my mind`s eye before I can start colouring between the outline of their character.(less)
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Chapter one , First of the Fallen

Chapter One

Just one mile south of the US Canada border is a large gas station, and after that, thirty miles of open road till Plattsburgh. After that city, the I87 bisects the Adirondack mountain range, in a beautiful but largely empty stretch of highway. On this frigid winter night, a middle aged couple pulled in quickly, pre-paid for the gas and started to fill up. Then the man went in to retrie Read more of this blog post »
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Woody Allen
“In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!”
Woody Allen

Groucho Marx
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

Lenny Bruce
“If you live in New York, even if you're Catholic, you're Jewish”
Lennie Bruce

Lenny Bruce
“Even if you are Catholic, if you live in New York you're Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are going to be goyish even if you are Jewish.”
Lenny Bruce
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Lenny Bruce
“I don’t want a sharp chick who quotes Kerouac; I just want to hear my old lady say, “Get up and fix the toilet, it’s still making noise.”
Lenny Bruce, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography

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