> > Perhaps, in the future, Miller will be a footnote to Anaïs Nin's
> > life, and Hemingway, to Martha Gellhorn's.
> ...
> Doubtful. Nin's work isn't half as strong or as perceptive as
> Miller's, but she was quite the self-promoter, a plus in medialand.
> Gore Vidal has great fun with her pretentiousness in his
> memoir, "Palimpsest."
Joyce wasn't impressed either, or with Miller, or Miller's writing, I don't recall that he ever read Nin's -- but then he wasn't impressed with anyone who wasn't functional to his life or a usefully dead artist.
> "Anaïs was involved in a thousand exciting scenarios, starring
> herself . . ."
That's it -- I've finally found the epitaph I want. I have to remember to make a note re funeral arrangements.