Pearlman on Pynchon

[David Morris]

I think we're just quibbling here.  We have two people that knew him
well that say he wrote under the influence.  "While wasted" is your
phrase, but Jules (and we know his ego problems) did indicate that
he'd come back to things he's written while tripping and wonder what
he'd meant.  I wouldn't be surprised if that were true. as Pearlman
says, "Looking back on it, I think Pynchon saw his life as mainly
being concerned with writing, and experimenting with ideas in writing
that nobody had tried before."  I think his experimental writing might
extend to trying to do so while stoned or tripping.  But I don't
believe he did so exclusively or predominantly...

David Morris

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Carvill, John <john.carvill at sap.com> wrote:
> << Did you notice this bit?:
>
> "He often wrote on coffee and grass."
>
> And we're not talking aboule Jules here. >>
>
> I did indeed. Of course. As did Robin! But so what? I really can't see a book like GR being composed whilst wasted. I mean, GR is hard to *read* whilst wasted!