S1E8 | Questionable Behavior (with Dorothy Parker, Stockard Channing, Anna Sale, Alexia Arthurs, Helga Davis, Blair Fuller, John Guare, Idra Novey, Elena Wilkinson, Jeff Gleaves)
The Paris Review
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Women Writers, I'm a Wise Cracker
I don't want to be classed as a humorist. It makes me feel guilty. There's a hell of a distance between wise cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it. How do you name your characters? The telephone book and from the obituary columns. Do you keep a notebook? I tried to keep one, but I never could remember where I put the damn thing. Does economic security an advantage to the writer? Yes.
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