Why I Can't Write A Dirty Book

May, 1969

It is Absolutely Essential that anyone today who claims to be a writer must produce a pornographic book. It is a status symbol comparable with that of the Hemingway era, when, in order to be a writer, you had to bag a lion.You would think writing a pornographic book would be one of the easiest things in the world. Well, it isn't. I know, because I've been trying to write one for two years.I think one of my problems is that I've been doing too much research. I like to be well versed in any subjec...