RKS AMERICAN LITERATURE: Committing Faux Pas When Talking to People in Love (Andy Warhol)

“It’s very easy to make faux pas when you’re talking to a person who’s in love, because they’re more sensitive about everything. I remember once I was at a dinner party and I was talking to a couple who looked so happy together and I said, “You are the happiest looking couple I’ve ever seen.’ That was okay and then I went that little bit further to score my nightly faux pas. ‘It must have been like a storybook dream story. I just know that you were childhood sweethearts.’ And at that point their faces fell and they turned away and avoided me for the rest of the evening. I found out later that they had deserted their husbands and wives and families to go after each other. When people are in love all their problems are in strange proportions and it’s hard to know when you’re saying the wrong thing.”

Andy Warhol, “Fame”, 1975.

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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