Excerpt from Conversations with Wilder
I first saw America from the Aquitania. We were delayed half a day, we were up in the harbor. It was a snowing winter night. I stayed with my brother in his little house on Long Island. In the morning when I got up, I looked out the window. It was still snowing. And there was a big, black, stretch Cadillac. Out comes a young boy with a stack of newspapers and he deposited one on the front doorstep. The weather was bad, and the newspaper boy’s family was driving him in that big car. But to me, I thought, “What kind of country is this?” Newspapers delivered by Cadillac! It was stunning! I liked it. I loved it.
I love the “any friends with shirts like that” quote. Sheila, you’re making it too easy for me to not go buy this book now! Remember, most copyright statements say “short quotes only for the purpose of review”…
BTW, see wilder’s “one, two, three” if you haven’t yet. It’s a lot of fun.
PS Just returned “In a Lonely Place” and “Amores Perros.” Both wonderful.
In a Lonely Place is truly fantastic, isn’t it? Some of Bogie’s best acting, I think.