Julia DeVito wrote to director Kirk Douglas to thank him for giving her son Danny a part in his movie called Scallywag. The link contains a video of Danny DeVito reading this letter out loud at some event to honor Kirk.
Tag: Letter
The coolest chick in the world [Letters]
Robert Fulghum is one of my favourite authors – and this letter he wrote to a friend of his who recently lost a child recently proves why.
PS: This is the Em he talks about, if you are interested.
A letter to his daughter from William James [Letters of Note]
A letter of advice from American psychologist William James to his 13-year old daughter Peggy, who was finding it difficult to adjust to life at school in England, Time & the hour run through the roughest day
A resignation letter – [Groupon’s Andrew Mason steps down as CEO]
Andrew Mason stepped down as CEO of Groupon – and posted this letter announcing his firing by the Board. He writes with candor “After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I’ve decided that I’d like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding – I was fired today. If you’re wondering why… you haven’t been paying attention. From controversial metrics in our S1 to our material weakness to two quarters of missing our own expectations and a stock price that’s hovering around one quarter of our listing price, the events of the last year and a half speak for themselves. As CEO, I am accountable.”
If only the Pope was as honest.
Insanity in love [Letters of note]
A passionate love letter from one literary giant to another – Henry Miller implores his paramour, Anais Nin, not to expect him to be sane anymore.
Cultural progress: A Russian perspective from 1886 [Letter]
We all have our notions of what it means to be cultured. Money, public behaviour, private standards of decency, morality, etc ad infinitum. Anton Chekov, the Russian author wrote this letter in 1886, when he was 26, to his elder brother Nikolay who was 28, with the ‘eight traits of cultured people’. Timeless truths, if you are wondering how our idea of culture has progressed over 125 years since Chekov advised his brother.