Did you know that authors are certifiably weird?
How many weird things can you see in this picture?
Well, maybe not all the time, but there are some quirks and strange foibles amongst us. Maybe you have some of your own, but today is not confession time. Aren’t you glad? (I am…)
I ran across a website the other day when I was supposed to be writing. Here’s the link:
The website reveals some strange and wonderful habits and aberrations of some of our favorite authors, from James Joyce to Victor Hugo to Truman Capote, and more.
For instance, did you know that James Joyce liked to write while lying on his stomach? He used large blue pencils and wore a white coat while writing. Why? Check out the website if you’re curious.
Image courtesy of Wikipedia
Here’s another: Truman Capote was quite superstitious. He never started or finished a piece of work on a Friday. He also changed his hotel room if the numbers added up to 13. And, here’s weird . . . there were never more than two cigarette butts in Capote’s ashtray. He kept the extra ones in the pockets of his coat.
TKZers, that’s just a few. Check out the website if you’re curious enough, or are experiencing brain freeze this morning.
Also, please share with us any quirks you happen to know about authors. We have to stick together, right?
