Lydia Hearst Sees Herself As a Hemingway Type (And She Doesn't Mean Margaux)

Lydia Hearst, literary figure.Photo: Wire Image
• “I am a rebel. I heard that they are now trying to start a war with Cuba again — it was in the papers yesterday — it would be like another Bay of Pigs. I hope that [Stephen] Colbert wins. I think he is incredible and I think that this country needs somebody new and outrageous who is not afraid to speak out and who really will actually stand for this country and not lie, and actually just do the job and get out there and make a difference. I would vote for him.”
• “I sit down and I write what I’m thinking and what I feel — it happens all at once, I never stop writing. Probably when I go home tonight, I’m going to open my computer and just start typing I always envision myself being a Hemingway type — sitting in a dark corner with my glass of, I guess it would be, my glass of tequila and lime juice — that’s how I do it.”
• “I always keep my legs together and wear underwear I’m a lot more conservative than the Hollywood counterparts are. I’m an East Coast girl.”
• “My idea about being in a relationship is like it’s a whole other form of creation.”
Lydia Unleashed [NYO]

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