tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post8520833266009735374..comments2024-01-26T20:41:02.065+13:00Comments on Quote Unquote: Lauraine Jacobs on restaurant reviewsStephen Stratfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-37751233047253849342010-07-27T14:17:21.396+12:002010-07-27T14:17:21.396+12:00Ah yes, musicians talk about music but artists tal...Ah yes, musicians talk about music but artists talk about dealers and writers talk about publishers. <br /><br />But. I was in Auckland recently and saw three painter friends and we talked about books when we weren't gossiping. I saw three writer friends and we talked about art when we weren't gossiping. God knows what dancers talk about. Editors?Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-71352001661081444502010-07-27T03:38:35.945+12:002010-07-27T03:38:35.945+12:00Musicians always talk about music. Artists never t...Musicians always talk about music. Artists never talk about art. Writers - it depends on their mood and what an editor might politely refer to as 'the hour.'Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-87110498828823656872010-07-26T12:38:12.858+12:002010-07-26T12:38:12.858+12:00I believe that Peter Cook was once at a party when...I believe that Peter Cook was once at a party when a small talker said:<br />I'm writing a book.<br /><br />Yes. Neither am I, replied Cooke.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844770989707493644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-9352477499927155392010-07-23T13:30:45.875+12:002010-07-23T13:30:45.875+12:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Little Tinkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-53158607434510532472010-07-23T09:07:57.779+12:002010-07-23T09:07:57.779+12:00I get a lot of people saying to me, "I am wri...I get a lot of people saying to me, "I am writing a book."<br /><br />I say, "No you're not. You are writing a manuscript."Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-31213807742736137602010-07-22T23:31:25.519+12:002010-07-22T23:31:25.519+12:00Talking to novelists is not hard. All you need are...Talking to novelists is not hard. All you need are two phrases: "How much money do you make from that, then?" and "Actually, I'm thinking of writing a novel." (Cue gunshots, screaming.)Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-16968300247578668732010-07-22T17:19:28.840+12:002010-07-22T17:19:28.840+12:00Well I was using "foodie" in the broades...Well I was using "foodie" in the broadest sense. When I used to get invited to Random House parties I'd always spend most time with the food writers (Lauraine, Jennifer Yee etc) and the occasional restaurateur who had published a book (e.g. Judith Tabron) plus the chick-lit authors (Nicky Pellegrino, Sarah-Kate Lynch etc) who were all great fun. Then it would be the politicos, Cohen and Trotter. Never the novelists. Dear me, no. Never the novelists.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-42581293181066345382010-07-21T23:57:36.869+12:002010-07-21T23:57:36.869+12:00"One of my favourite foodies..." Ha. If ..."One of my favourite foodies..." Ha. If you have more than one you're doing well. The only restaurant reviewer I've ever read was Kingsley Amis writing for Harpers & Queen in the 1980s. Some of the venues he wrote about sounded terrifying but he always seemed to enjoy himself either for the whiskies or the quirks of the staff.Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.com