Tuesday, August 26, 2008

If Joe Eszterhas Can Do It…

Nick:  I’m working my ass off, I’m off the sauce, I even stopped smoking
Beth Garner:  How’s not smoking?
Nick:  It sucks.
- From Basic Instinct (1992)

Get this:  Joe Eszterhas has come to Jesus.  Is life too weird, or what?  Reminds me of the end of John Gardner’s Grendel:  “An accident has befallen poor Grendel.  So may it happen to you all...”