[stop_fascism]

“Never play cards with any man named “Doc.” Never eat at any place called “Mom’s.” And never, never, no matter what else you do in your whole life, never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own.” - Nelson Algren

[OldDeckHand]

"“Never play cards with any man named “Doc.” Never eat at any place called “Mom’s.” And never, never, no matter what else you do in your whole life, never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own.” - Nelson Algren"

One of the few, perhaps only, Jane Fonda movies (or I should say movies with Jane Fonda in them), that I've actually enjoyed.

[sinanju]

Was novelist Nelson Algren referring to his on-again, off-again fling with fellow scribbler Simone de Beauvoir?

I never could figure out just who was keeping who “on the side” in that relationship.