Did Spalding Gray say this?
September 24, 2015 6:55 PM   Subscribe

In response to Southern California: "When will it get cold so I can put on a sweater and think?" I love this line and have been quoting it for years. But did Gray really say it, and when?

I heard it attributed to him on some NPR show ~8 years ago. It was mentioned in passing as one of many digs at Los Angeles, I think--not as part of a piece on him. My fondness for it is driven by my affection for sweaters (and thinking) (and thinking in sweaters) rather than hate for LA.

I don't remember it from any of the movies of his I've seen, & I can't find any reference to it online. Has anyone run across it?

(Been meaning to ask this for a while, and Kitteh's autumn roundup got me thinking about sweaters & prompted me to ask.)
posted by miles per flower to Media & Arts (4 answers total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: It might be in Monster In A Box. Scrolling through now, I can't find the quote but he talks a lot about Los Angeles and his difficulties writing/working there.
posted by AtoBtoA at 7:26 PM on September 24, 2015


Best answer: I think so but he says flannel, not sweater. Maybe flannel shirt. Monster in a Box for sure because he was in California. Hot there.
posted by vrakatar at 7:36 PM on September 24, 2015


"ensconced in wool and flannel". just came to me.
posted by vrakatar at 8:32 PM on September 24, 2015


Sure miss Spalding.
posted by Freedomboy at 8:51 AM on September 25, 2015 [3 favorites]


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