Anti Glacier Book - Perhaps the wars will end
by onemadson
Sun Sep 09, 2007 at 01:04:04 PM PDT
In Slaughterhouse Five there is the following passage
Over the years, people I've met have often asked me what I'm working on, and I've usually replied that the main thing was a book about Dresden.
I said that to Harrison Starr, the movie-maker, one time, and he raised his eyebrowns and inquired, "Is it an anit-war book?"
"Yes," I said, "I guess."
"You know what I say to people when I hear they're writing anti-war books?"
"No. What do you say, Harrison Starr?"
"I say, 'Why don't you write an anti-glacier book instead?'"
What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy to stop as glaciers. I believe that, too.
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