Making up characters and
Making up characters and places and plots, unlike fixing your plumbing or doing dishes, is anything but practical or rational. I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. Etgar Keret
Plumbing
I don’t like the
I don’t like the expression writer’s block because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really think it’s the other way around. Etgar Keret
The Loneliness One dare
The Loneliness One dare not sound — And would as soon surmise AS in its Grave go plumbing To ascertain the size — The Loneliness whose worst alarm Is lest itself should see — And perish from before itself For just a scrutiny — The Horror not to be surveyed — But skirted in the … Read more
To the Technocrats: Have
To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central heating, instant electronic communication and such, have taught me to relearn and enjoy the basic human satisfactions of dipping water from a cold clear mountain stream; of building a wood … Read more
My house got flooded
My house got flooded in Los Angeles and completely ruined it. People asked how did your house flood on the hills in LA? It was a plumbing problem that the landlord didn’t fix, so everything got ruined there. It’s one of those things where you take the opportunity and run with it. My producers are … Read more
… he trotted down
… he trotted down the hallway on all fours and started in on his second favorite pastime, conversations with plumbing. Just what I needed: Stone, the Toilet Whisperer. Devon Monk
My plumbing is all
My plumbing is all screwed up. Because it turns out, I do not own a garbage disposal. Demetri Martin
They were nothing like
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity. David Sedaris
Artists talk about art
Artists talk about art in sort of straightforward terms, more like the way you talk about plumbing fixtures. Does it function well? Does it bring the hot water up from the cellar efficiently, or does it lose too much thermodynamic energy in the process? Artists are also very ruthless with each other and can be … Read more
I supported myself by
I supported myself by delivering the ‘Wall Street Journal’ and doing odd jobs. I love plumbing and carpentry. David Lynch