Esther Freud: “Sitting down at your desk every day is an appointment with doubt; that is the nature of writing. But eventually I just had to admit that it wasn’t working; there just wasn’t enough happening to keep me interested.”
Tag: 08.30.14
Why Is ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Still So Incredibly Popular?
“Rarely offstage, rarely on hiatus, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ has already been back on Broadway for four revivals, played London’s West End four times and remains among Broadway’s 16 longest-running shows ever.”
Why Does France Dominate Film Festivals?
“The danger is of French movies becoming just festival films. We’d like them to enjoy healthy commercial distribution as well.”
Simon Rattle: Music Is Our Birthright
“A free music education was one of the glories of the UK when I was a child. Too much has been sacrificed in the name of economic necessity. Learning music is a birthright. And you have to start young.”
Hip Hop Star Wants To ‘De-Gentrify’ Publishing
“He’s interested in titles that teach — books with a moral. And that grows in part out of the three years he spent in prison on a gun-possession charge.”
Nashville’s Music Row Has Some Ugly Buildings With Big History. Should They Be Preserved?
“Veterans of Nashville’s commercial recording industry complain that a city that has branded itself over the last 50-plus years as ‘Music City’ is in danger of turning into a landscape of luxury apartments, mixed-use retail and other amenities.”
The Traveling Book Sales Van That’s Expanding From Portugal To All Of Europe
“The vehicle, a gorgeous 1975 Renault Estafette, has character, but the soul of this literary omnibus is its driver, Francisco Antolin. He’s a 36-year-old Lisboner who loves books and talking about them with whomever stops by.”