My Favorite Things
Quote of the Week
"Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius." ~anon.
Favorite Movies
1. Educating Rita (Michael Caine)
2. The Dancer Upstairs (Javier Bardem in a film directed by John Malkovich)
3. The Truman Show (Jim Carey) Original, philosophical fun.
4. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5. The Trip to Bountiful (Geraldine Page) One of those "I wish I could write like that" movies.
6. Groundhog Day (Bill Murray)
7. The Mission
8. Zelig
9. Chariots of Fire (Inspirational)
10. Vanilla Sky
11. Runaway Train (Jon Voigt as existential hero)
12. As Good As It Gets
13. Chinatown
14. The Natural
Strictly for the fun of it.
--BeetleJuice (Michael Keaton)
--Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Michael Caine and Steve Martin)
Seven of my Favorite Writers in the 1990s
1. Jorge Luis Borges
2. Graham Greene
3. Andre Gide
4. Elmore Leonard
5. C. S. Lewis
6. Rainer Maria Rilke
7. Par Lagerkvist
Six of my Favorite Writers in Earlier Years
1. Joseph Conrad
2. Ernest Hemingway
3. Thomas Mann
4. Herman Hesse
5. Anton Chekhov
6. Jack London
7. Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite Quotes for Writers
Favorite Short Stories
If I were to assemble an Anthology...
1. The Bet by Anton Chekhov
2. A Piece of Steak by Jack London
3. The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad
4. The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
5. The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges
6. The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges
7. There Are More Things, again by Borges
8. The Harness, by John Steinbeck
9. Here We Are, by Dorothy Sayers
10. The Doctor & the Doctor's Wife, by Ernest Hemingway
PLUS (Must be mentioned): The Mirror and the Mask, by Jorge Luis Borges
Favorite Novellas
1. The Tenth Man, by Graham Greene
2. Of Mice and Men, by Steinbeck
3. Barabbas, by Par Lagerkvist
4. Theseus, by Andre Gide
5. A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean
6. Isabelle, by Andre Gide
7. Seize the Day, by Saul Bellow
8. Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann
9. The Sybil, by Par Lagerkvist
10. The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis
11. Mr. Majestyk, by Elmore Leonard
12. Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton
Five Novels That Especially Made an Impression On Me When I First Read Them
1. Martin Eden, by Jack London
2. For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
3. The Old Gringo, by Carlos Fuentes
4. Too Late the Phalarope, by Alan Paton
5. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
Three Novels of Eighty Years Ago That Reveal Remarkable Prescience
1. 1984, by George Orwell
2. Brave New World, by Aldous Huzley
3. That Hideous Strength, by C.S.Lewis
Books on my Shelf That I Started But Haven't Finished Yet
1. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
2. Remembrance of Things Past, by Marcel Proust
3. The Agony and the Ecstasy, by Irving Stone
4. The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner
Three Favorite Cities in Mexico
1. Guanajuato
2. Cuernavaca
3. Tepotzlan
Favorite City in the World (at this moment in time)
1. Florence, Italy
Favorite Pieces of Short Classical Music
1. Prelude in E Minor (Op. 28 No. 4) by. Chopin
2. None But The Lonely Heart, by Tchaikovsky
3. On Earth As It Is In Heaven, by Ennio Morricone
4. Adagio opus 11, by Samuel Barber
5. Concerto for Clarinet in A Major K622, by Mozart
6. Ballade No. 1 in G minor, by Chopin
7. Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, No 1 Op. 11, by Chopin
8. Sonata for Piano No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathetique, Adagio, by Beethoven,
9. Elvira Madigan, by Mozart
10. Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, Second Movement
Most Memorable Honeymoon Dinner
J.J. Charlies', Monterrey, Mexico, 1981
Three Favorite Bible Passages
1. Matthew 25:31-45
2. James 1:27
3. Psalm 138:8
Two Turtledoves
And a Partridge in a Pair Tree
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