Why did I love and respect my father? - Because he was noble, courageous, funny, kind, creative, and wonderfully optomistic - considering his providing-for-our-family life, and longevity, got crushed by WW2.
Jan 30, 2016
3 min
Pamela and Gordon, strangely suited for each other, are 2 of my oldest and dearest friends. Toast and Beans was birthed when his truck and her flower garden clashed.
Jan 29, 2016
4 min
Simply driving Wendy to the airport on the morn of my 50th birthday 20 years ago proved entertaining - entertaining as hell.
Jan 25, 2016
3 min
When I left Hollywood I felt I was leaving home, for the first time in my life. Why? - Because I belong there, or much of my art does, translated into 44 films. If the gods are kind they will be - before I croak.
Oct 18, 2015
3 min
Of all the nonfiction volumes I penned I enjoyed this one the most because I got to study Tinseltown up close, outside the studios or no. Americans, truly, are a fascinating lot - almost as eccentric as the Brits, and far, far more ebullient.
Oct 11, 2015
3 min
My first few months in Hollywood were awash in culture shock: a culture shock intensified by the Northridge Earthquake, which happened a scant 50 days after my arrival.
Oct 5, 2015
5 min
Even a turn-of-the-nineteenth-century, middle-aged sailor can find love, friendship, and purpose. How? - By being ready for them, and worthy.
Oct 1, 2015
2 min
FlowerDance is the first of 7 DVDs in a PhotoSymphony I've created, the final 6 only requiring the addition of the consummate music required to match Michael Gillette's guitar virtuosity wedded to the first.
Sep 23, 2015
2 min
The king of the kangaroos is a no-holds-barred, up-front character that won't tolerate unhappiness in a child: a cutting-to-the-chase healer that becomes a lonely little girl's friend.
Sep 22, 2015
2 min
Index included, Vignettes, Thoughts, and a Classical Exit is only 165 pages long but oh my is it packed - a fruitcake, like all my fictions. Biographers will love mining it one day, providing I become famous because of it and the 60+ other volumes I intend to self-publish before shaking off this mortal coil.
Sep 21, 2015
7 min
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