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"Mad, bad, and dangerous to know" - by all accounts including this one, as accurate a description of Dick as of Lord Byron. I've had lovers like that, and for
by throwanem 4y ago
"Mad, bad, and dangerous to know" - by all accounts including this one, as accurate a description of Dick as of Lord Byron.
I've had lovers like that, and for all that they're immensely exciting and compelling personalities especially at first, it ends up being every bit as intense a relief to be done with them in the end, because of all the trouble they can't or won't help bringing in train. I think the only true way to know you have the respect of such a man is when you tell him he's out of your life for good, and he listens.
Don't get me wrong - I do love a good Dick! The man wrote beautifully. But I'm just as glad not to have known him in person.
- sonofhans 4y agoFWIW I know two people who did know him, and spent a lot of time with him — Ursula LeGuin (RIP) and my old lit prof at PSU, Tony Wolk. They both reported him to be warm, humane, erratic, brilliant, fascinating and rewarding to be around.
- pa7ch 4y agoDo you know where to find Ursula's accounts of this? I've always been interested in her writing and life.
- sitkack 4y agoI have to say, she is a damn fine writer.
- throwanem 4y agoSure, no doubt; I'd say the same of the man I had most in mind while writing my prior comment. It's just that that's not all there is to say.