Subject: For Janet
From: Sundeep Dougal (holden@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in)
Date: Thu Mar 20 1997 - 17:44:31 GMT
Janet,
It would be a good idea, for starters, to please *not* quote the full
message you were replying to, leave alone quoting the full *digest*.
It's also a good idea, generally, to change the Subject-header. And,
ofcourse, to put in as Stephen pointed out today an "Ob Salinger" note in
your message.
Ob Salinger: (After the above advice, I suddenly realise that I *have* to
put in something here, so okay a short Bette Eppes quote:
"Salinger nodded and said that publishing was a vicious, vicious thing.
He said that so many unforeseen things happen when you publish. He said
that I'd be probably happier if I never published. He said there was a
certain peeace in not publishing.
"Then we beegan to talk about autographs. I asked him why he hated to
give them. He said he didn't belieeve in giving autographs. It was a
meaningless gesture. He told me never to sign my name for anyone else. It
was alright for actors and actresses to sign their names, beecause all
they had to give weree their faces and names. But it was different with
writers. They had their work to give. Therefore, it was cheap to give
autographs. Hee said, Don't you ever do it! No self respecting writer
should ever do it."
Now, what should we make of the story reported on this list some months
back about some actor getting JDS' autograph for his fiancee? Apocryphal,
huh?
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Sundeep Dougal (Sonny, to friends) Holden Caulfield, New Delhi, INDIA
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