top ten writers of the twentieth century...

Harold Robbins (he sold the most books!).
Philip K Dick.
Kurt Vonnegut.
A.E. Van Vogt.
Frederick Pohl.
John Buchan.
Raymond Chandler.
Sigmund Freud
Elmore Leonard.
Louis L'Amour.

honourable mentions;
Mario Puzo.
Joan Collins.
Glendon Swarthout.

At the moment it is the New Zealand Festival of the Arts.
You have never heard so much back scratching and belletristic bullshit in all your life.
They all over the radio in the mornings telling everybody how much they learned in a creative writing course or lit 101 but none of them are wortha pinch of sh*t.
hehehehehehehehehehe.

found a 50c vhs of Never Love A Stranger the other day. A bit dated but it still contains dramatic power that very few NZ books or movies have ever matched.
When Spielberg was Filming Empire of the sun he always had a back pocket full of Marvel comics to give to his juvenile lead.
See that's the problem in NZ.
none of the noo noo heads read comics.

unnerstan?

now ya friggin intellectual ivory tower pinheaded tightwads worried about yer mortgages and all the other piffle get on amazon and get some real reading material!

20/20
Hannah Ockleford
never watched so much codswallop as last night on the trans man.
lesbianism is a psychological desire to spite the father.
No memory that was obtained before language acquisiton is capable of being expressed in language.
unnamed fears anyone?
and if you go back and listen to what that person said then you will get the message loud and clear.
anger!
alcoholism!
I am sick of show and tell bullshit on TV.
Just because you have aheart doesn't make you and expert on physiology or heart surgery.
Get off your asses and do some proper research you liteweights.