Favorite Snacks Of The Great Writers

nytimes.com:

When I sit down to work, I keep a small bowl of garlic croutons on my desk. These are little rewards for good ideas and strong lines, Pavlovian pellets to keep my spirits up.

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Comments

[Bill Dodds]

12:30 PM on 08/12/2011

Best to make it simple and lo-cal (coffee, hot and then, over time, room temperature). In my experience I don't pay much attention to what I eat as I write . . . and so a nearby plate of cookies or bag of chocolates can just disappear. Either is a great reward for completing a day's word count.

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[dahpunkster]

02:25 PM on 08/08/2011

I adore capotes menu and compartmentalization of foods and when he ate them. When I write in the summer , I like egg salad and peaches or a caprese salad

[colonelsun68]

08:40 AM on 08/04/2011

Whitman's oysters and meat for breakfast sure sounds better than Count Chocula. Capote's daily libations explain a lot about why his output decreased over the years. Pho is great, and Emily Dickinson's homemade bread was probably delicious. Fitzgerald liked canned meat, but he came from Minnesota--just like SPAM!

[samuraifrog37]

10:33 PM on 08/03/2011

Sarah Palin likes to eat crow....but nobody said she was a great writer.

[signgrrl]

07:15 PM on 08/03/2011

Linda Ellerbee is also VERY fond of pho.

[YourNewNeighbor]

01:04 PM on 08/03/2011

When I'm writing comments onHP I'm usually eating a gigantic salad and organic hash browns.

[naschkatze]

03:11 PM on 08/03/2011

LOL

[paxangelicus]

09:08 AM on 08/09/2011

lol too! mine's any chips and sock juice!

[ValdaDeDieu]

11:47 AM on 08/03/2011

JK Rowling likes toffees...Her desk is littered with them!

[naschkatze]

11:25 AM on 08/03/2011

I read once that Tolstoy liked to raid the pantry in his Moscow house at night, a pickle now, a spoon of preserves then, and then he cursed himself for his sensuality afterwards.

[ValdaDeDieu]

11:46 AM on 08/03/2011

Any clues why?

[naschkatze]

12:29 PM on 08/03/2011

Why he cursed himself? He was a very sensual man, but I think he fell for the body/spirit dichotomy and felt dirty about himself.

[PiperSniper]

11:38 AM on 08/05/2011

Uh, Leo? Is that you?