July 26th, 2010 / 9:43 pm
Craft Notes
Ken Baumann
Craft Notes
Harry Houdini on Writing
“No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.”
“My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.”
“Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.”
“The great day of the Fire-eater–or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater–has passed.”
“It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.”
Tags: harry houdini, on writing
see, I would have thought that quotes by houdini most applicable to writers would be something more along the lines of “For only 5 dollars admission, you can watch me lock myself in chains, swallow the key, climb into a box, be sawed in half, and then miraculously disappear.”
Hey, great pogrom geneticist. I’m looking at the dada engineer and wondering if there’s a wayfarer to set it up so that each textbook generated becomes a separation postbag in a wordpress blog. Any suicides?
Doctorow’s passages on Houdini in Ragtime were badass. When I hear HH’s name I don’t even think GOB-ian illusions anymore. I think about Doctorow’s prose.
see, I would have thought that quotes by houdini most applicable to writers would be something more along the lines of “For only 5 dollars admission, you can watch me lock myself in chains, swallow the key, climb into a box, be sawed in half, and then miraculously disappear.”
Hey, great pogrom geneticist. I’m looking at the dada engineer and wondering if there’s a wayfarer to set it up so that each textbook generated becomes a separation postbag in a wordpress blog. Any suicides?
Ken, I enjoyed this post.
Bobby, that was beautiful (and made me smile)
Doctorow’s passages on Houdini in Ragtime were badass. When I hear HH’s name I don’t even think GOB-ian illusions anymore. I think about Doctorow’s prose.
Ken, I enjoyed this post.
Bobby, that was beautiful (and made me smile)
“Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.”
Lucky man
“Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.”
Lucky man