"If I knew how it was going to end, I probably wouldn't write it." - Tom Robbins in 1994, as told to Tod Mesirow Tom Robbins, author of classics like Still Life of Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, takes us inside the mind of a writer who'd prefer writing with a raven quill dipped in lizard blood. For many, including tons of college students, Robbins transported readers to another world where it seemed possible that enormously oversized thumbs could bring you happiness, and romance could take place inside a pack of cigarettes. Where do these fantastic stories begin? We present outtakes from a previously unheard interview Robbins did with Tod Mesirow back in 1994 for a film about authors that was never made. In this episode of Blank on Blank, Robbins dreams about a nurse serving him tequila sunrises when he's 85, why he took a two-by-four to typewriter and works in pen and paper, how his first attempts at writing began when he was five and a story about a pilot stuck on a deserted island, and how he pours over every word in his books 30 or 40 times. Colorful chatter from Tom Robbins = made for animation. Tom Robbins Quotes "I'd like to go back to the Raven quill, actually, dipped in lizard blood or something. Write on orange butcher paper." "When I'm 80 years old, 85, hopefully, I'll be pushed around in a wheelchair by a red-headed nurse with panty outline. She'll make me little tequila sunrises and I'll read my complete works then." "I owned an electric Remington [typewriter] briefly, but we had a turbulent relationship. It made so much noise, it hummed all the time, it was like it was looking over your shoulder, egging you on" "There's not a word in one of my books that hasn't been gone over 25, 30, 35, 40 times. I read every sentence over and over again and rework it, not particularly looking for a more shining truth, but looking for the right rhythm." "Words on a page can hypnotize you if the rhythm is right." "I don't work from an outline. I have no idea where the book is going." Get the interview backstory, GIFs and more @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/to... Subscribe for new episodes every other Tuesday (it's free): http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Executive Producer: David Gerlach Animator: Patrick Smith Audio Producer: Amy Drozdowska Watch our previous episodes: Robin Williams on Masks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHGm... Wayne Coyne on Living with Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJXU7... Maya Angelou on Con Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VybIJ... Bette Davis on The Sexes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnTU... Michael Jackson on Godliness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCa3... Jimi Hendrix on The Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK2lf... Meryl Streep on Beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_T5... Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osn8r... David Bowie on Stardust http://youtu.be/lFIDXXDsxAo Gene Wilder on The Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUW2... John Lennon on Love http://youtu.be/DmvmnYEy9NY Johnny Cash on The Gospel http://youtu.be/ALGi0tcFCcw Heath Ledger on Role Playing http://youtu.be/qDRUzbAa6lI Tupac on Life and Death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x2FqX... Kurt Cobain on Identity http://youtu.be/C1Z2BkZaOQc Janis Joplin on Rejection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdF4b1... Barry White on Making Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmJIlq... Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvtgqJ... Carol Burnett on Finding Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aixlc1... Grace Kelly on JFK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5EOup... Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power http://youtu.be/8Eskff0RUQ8 Beastie Boys on Being Stupid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4mx2P... David Foster Wallace on Ambition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5R8gd... Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLiVn... Larry King on Getting Seduced http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yD8Pz... Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhszZ5... Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/Q8F2/
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