The art of writing in an interesting fashion about your own life is still severely underestimated. Having had an interesting life doesn't do the trick, as I found out many years ago when I slogged through Marlene Dietrich's memoirs, which were deadly dull, despite the facts of her life being certainly of the fascinating kind. But not many people ( Read more... )

A quote I didn't include among my collection of contradictory John Lennon quotes, mostly because it's more of a JohnandYoko contradictory issue, not a statement, but it's a little gem nonetheless: on page 224 of her memoirs, May Pang, who, remember, worked for both Yoko and John for two years at the start of the 70s before becoming John's ( Read more... )