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mae
10-03-2011, 11:04 AM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/02/maurice-sendak-interview

Of Salman Rushdie, who once gave him a terrible review in the New York Times, he says: "That flaccid fuckhead. He was detestable. I called up the Ayatollah, nobody knows that." Roald Dahl: "The cruelty in his books is off-putting. Scary guy. I know he's very popular but what's nice about this guy? He's dead, that's what's nice about him." Stephen King: "Bullshit."
jhanic
10-03-2011, 12:30 PM
He sounds like a very lonely, bitter, old man. It's hard to not feel pity for him.

John
Merlin1958
10-03-2011, 02:17 PM
He sounds like a very lonely, bitter, old man. It's hard to not feel pity for him.

John

Sounds more like he should get a "bump" on the Homeland Security "Watch List"!!! LOL

"Guys!! Reposition the satellite, again"!!!!

:wtf:
WeDealInLead
10-03-2011, 03:43 PM
I thought he was funny. Bitter, yes, but still (unintentionally) funny.
pathoftheturtle
10-03-2011, 03:50 PM
I'm more aghast over that comment on Dahl. Get a clue, man.
DoctorDodge
10-03-2011, 04:21 PM
Amen, path. Peas and fucking rice, you do not diss the legend that is Roald Dahl!
Randall Flagg
10-03-2011, 05:07 PM
I had to Google Sendak-I had forgotten about "Where the wild things are". He certainly is bitter, perhaps because he hasn't done much of note in close to a half century.
Ari_Racing
10-03-2011, 06:14 PM
I feel the comment more offensive when he talks about Dahl than King.
Jean
10-03-2011, 11:00 PM
He's dead, that's what's nice about him.
while the rest (I've read the whole article) is just an old man's expected grumpiness, this remark stands out as particularly tasteless
Brice
10-04-2011, 05:56 AM
I'm kinda' surprised he knows the word nice.
candy
10-04-2011, 09:04 AM
Why is this mans opinion even newsworthy?

This whole piece reeks of someone desperate for publicity - rather pathetic really
pathoftheturtle
10-06-2011, 08:59 AM
He also said of himself "I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person." The sad part is that the interviewer probably felt that their work has similarities to Sendak's -- SK is, of course, also known for exploring the dark corners of existence through children characters. What they all do generally is really kind of bullshit compared to real art, but at least King totally accepts that enjoys it just for what it is. Maybe that's why he has managed to transcend his form so many more times.
pixiedark76
10-06-2011, 03:31 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/02/maurice-sendak-interview

Of Salman Rushdie, who once gave him a terrible review in the New York Times, he says: "That flaccid fuckhead. He was detestable. I called up the Ayatollah, nobody knows that." Roald Dahl: "The cruelty in his books is off-putting. Scary guy. I know he's very popular but what's nice about this guy? He's dead, that's what's nice about him." Stephen King: "Bullshit."

WHO?
pathoftheturtle
10-07-2011, 12:42 PM
"Who?"?
What?

You don't know Rushdie? Or Sendak?