The Only Stuff I Don't

Books Are The Way The Dead Talk To The Living.

Shining In The Midnight Moonlight, While The King Sings Love Me Tender.

I'm Actually Not Someone Who Believes In Heaven Or Anything Like That.

Books Are The Way The Dead Talk To The Living.

. . . I Wrote A Letter To Thomas Pynchon Asking, Can I Have Your Permission To Try To Make An [adaptation] Of Your Book? And I Had No Idea That He Would Answer Me, Because He's Pretty Elusive. But He Did Send A Letter Back That Said, Yes, You Can Do That - As Long As The Only Instrument In The Opera Is A Banjo. I Thought, That's An Interesting Way Of Saying No.