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  1. Christopher Isherwood _ Liberation: Diaries:1970-1983

    The usual pronouncement that Truman Capote is a 'birdbrain.' Gore {Vidal} has finished a novel called Two Sisters in which he admits that he and Jack Kerouac went to bed together-or was that in an article? {Gore told me about so many articles he's written and talks he has given that my memory spins.} Anyhow, Gore now regrets that he didn't describe the act itself; how they got very drunk and Kerouac said, 'Why don't we take a shower?' and then tried to go down on him but did it very badly, and then they belly rubbed. Next day, Kerouac claimed he remembered nothing; but later, in a bar, yelled out, 'I've blown Gore Vidal!
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  2. Christopher Isherwood _ The Sixties: Diaries:1960-1969

    A story told me by Michael Barrie: Jesus and the Blessed Virgin go out to play golf. The Blessed Virgin is at the top of her form, drives and lands on the green. Jesus slices and lands in the bushes. A squirrel picks up the ball and runs off with it. A dog grab the squirrel, which still holds the ball in its mouth. An eagle swoops down, picks up the dog, squirrel and ball, and soars into the air. Out of a clear sky, lightning strikes the eagle, which drops the dog which drops the squirrel which drops the ball, right into the hole. The Blessed Virgin throws down her driver and exclaims indignantly, 'Look, are you going to play golf or just fuck around?
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  3. Christopher Isherwood _ The Berlin Stories: The Last

    From 1929 to 1933, {age 25-29} I lived almost continuously in Berlin, with only occasional visits to other parts of Germany and to England. Already, during that time, I had made up my mind that I would one day write about the people I'd met and the experiences I was having. So I kept a detailed diary, which in due course provided raw material for all my Berlin stories. {from preface}
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  4. Christopher Isherwood _ Liberation: Diaries:1970-1983

    John Gielgud told us this story about Mae West. She was asked, 'Do you ever smoke after you've had sex?' She answered, 'I never looked.
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