Comments on: The Banter Gold Standard: The Impression

By: Paul A

Paul A — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:39:46 +0000

Wow. Dexter is a hell of a writer. Thanks for the post, Alex, and keep them coming. Gold standard indeed.

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:00:49 +0000

[1] Superb. Really digging this series AB, thanks a lot.

By: BobbyB

BobbyB — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:13:21 +0000

Excellent!!

By: Yankee Mama

Yankee Mama — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:39:46 +0000

Yup, thems were the money lines. Really fine. I am such a fan of Pete Dexter. I thank thee for sharing.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:21:14 +0000

“In the end you have to admire that. He had an extraordinary talent. He had a talent as rare, in a way, as Robert Frost’s or Picasso’s. And a talent like that, I think, is always ahead of the man who has it. It leads him, it takes him places other people can’t go. And even when he understands what it does, he doesn’t necessarily know what it is.

But he had the courage to use it, to follow it, and when it left him standing in the ring, alone with the best heavyweight fighter in the world, he had courage for that, too. And one way or another—unless you’re Robert Frost or Picasso—that happens, because growing old is losing talent.”

So good.