no one calls me celesterstallone

"Franzen works in a rented office that he has stripped of all distractions. He uses a heavy, obsolete Dell laptop from which he has scoured any trace of hearts and solitaire, down to the level of the operating system. Because Franzen believes you can’t write serious fiction on a computer that’s connected to the Internet, he not only removed the Dell’s wireless card but also permanently blocked its Ethernet port. “What you have to do,” he explains, “is you plug in an Ethernet cable with superglue, and then you saw off the little head of it."

same profile of Franzen

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"Reading, in its quietness and sustained concentration, is the opposite of busyness. “We are so distracted by and engulfed by the technologies we’ve created, and by the constant barraged of so-called information that comes our way, that more than ever to immerse yourself in an involving book seems socially useful,” Franzen says. “The place of stillness that you have to go to to write, but also to read seriously, is the point where you can actually make responsible decisions, where you can actively engage productively with an otherwise scary and unmanageable world."

Profile of Jonathan Franzen in Time

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thedailywhat:

This Is Hilarious, You Should Watch It of the Day: The a-maze-ing pun-filled dialogue of Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, properly translated for the first time.

[thanks charlie!]

This is high brow and brilliant.

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taxidermychurch:

“This is all about Edie Beale-goes-to-Girl Scout camp,” J.Crew Creative Director Jenna Lyons tells StyleList. “There’s a bit of that grandma-chic that we always draw from. There are elements borrowed from the boys, but we decided she’s at Girl Scout camp.” (via J.Crew Fall 2010: Jenna Lyons Talks New Collection - StyleList)

Thanks to Celeste for sending me this quote.

Jenna Lyons must have a poster of me in her office with a bulls-eye on it. J.Crew inspired by Grey Gardens? Am I living in a fantasy world of my own creation?!

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