Read Animal Farm and 1984 as a kid. Maybe 10-11 years old. Could comprehend the narrative but not the subtexts. George is so easy to read. And its extremely difficult to be easy to read.
Read Down and Out in Paris and London recently, and connected with that book in a serious way. I've had to resprt to living on peanut butter sandwiches and stealing milk from the free coffee setup in the boathouse of a marina where I was living. (Far away from any friends or relatives I could call on for help.) Have also logged many hours in restaurants.
Anyway, Orwell is the man and I need to read more. Him, Vonnegut, and Palahniuk have me under the delusion that I can write simply and effectively like them, and that people will pay to read my stuff in the future.
My favorite Orwell experience was coming across a copy of Homage to Catalonia in an airport bookstore, only to realize that the owners probably thought it was a travel guide. Orwell can be misunderstood in so many interesting ways.
Read Animal Farm and 1984 as a kid. Maybe 10-11 years old. Could comprehend the narrative but not the subtexts. George is so easy to read. And its extremely difficult to be easy to read.
Read Down and Out in Paris and London recently, and connected with that book in a serious way. I've had to resprt to living on peanut butter sandwiches and stealing milk from the free coffee setup in the boathouse of a marina where I was living. (Far away from any friends or relatives I could call on for help.) Have also logged many hours in restaurants.
Anyway, Orwell is the man and I need to read more. Him, Vonnegut, and Palahniuk have me under the delusion that I can write simply and effectively like them, and that people will pay to read my stuff in the future.
My favorite Orwell experience was coming across a copy of Homage to Catalonia in an airport bookstore, only to realize that the owners probably thought it was a travel guide. Orwell can be misunderstood in so many interesting ways.