Patrick Dennis
Patrick Dennis
Edward Everett Tanner III, known by the nom de plume Patrick Dennis, was an American author. His novel Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapadewas one of the bestselling American books of the 20th century. In chronological vignettes, the narrator — also named Patrick — recalls his adventures growing up under the wing of his madcap aunt, Mame Dennis. Dennis wrote a sequel, Around the World with Auntie Mame, in 1958. Dennis based the character of Mame Dennis on his father's sister,...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 May 1921
writing digging harder
Writing isn't hard - no harder than ditch digging.
harder writers-and-writing
Writing isn't hard. It isn't any harder than ditch-digging.
No, Virginia, there is no Auntie Mame, she is a distillation and a moonbeam and nothing more.
burlap said chic
Chinchilla is said to be more chic than mink, though personally it reminds me of unborn burlap.
dirty writing mind
I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.