Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing:

Writing is one of the most assertive things a person can do.
- Jhumpa Lahiri.

Recommended reading - The Instant Enemy

The Instant Enemy

by Ross Macdonald.

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

ASIN: B07R5PYF7Q

Published by Alfred A. Knopf.

First published 1968.

First Edition.

Hardcover.

 

Description:

“Moves fast and is full of surprises. . . . The best work Macdonald has done in years.” – The New York Times.

“A more serious and complex writer than Chandler and Hammett ever were.” – Eudora Welty.

“Archer has seldom been in better form, and neither has his estimable creator.” – The New Yorker.

“Lew Archer is back, careening down the bloody trail of women who were beaten to death, a murdered cop, and a dead hobo who is the key to a 15-year-old family secret that won't die. "(The) American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brought to its zenith by Macdonald". – New York Times Book Review.

Lew Archer is hired by Keith Sebastian, a Los Angeles business executive, to find his daughter Sandy, a high-school senior who has run off with a homeless boy. Sebastian and his wife, living on the on the edge of affluent bankruptcy, seem unable to communicate with their daughter. Archer finds the runaways easily enough, but before he can return Sandy to her parents, she has participated in a violent crime. Archer’s efforts to save the girl from the consequences of her actions, and to understand those actions, involve him in a savage plot twisting deep into the past. At least one old murder and some new ones confound him and the police. Archer himself is very nearly killed by an ex-cop who wants to keep the case closed, but he finally manages to open it and let some daylight in. The Instant Enemy is Lew Archer at his toughest, and Ross Macdonald at his most trenchant in his observations of California society. 

Recommended reading - Jacob's Ladder, by Bruce Joel Rubin (2000)

Jacob's Ladder

by Bruce Joel Rubin

Published 2000.
Published by Applause Books.
 
ISBN-10: 155783086X
ISBN-13: 978-1557830869
 
Back cover description:
 
From the director of Fatal Attraction…
and the writer of Ghost…

Jacob’s Ladder.

Written by Bruce Joel Rubin.
An Adrian Lyne Film.
From Carolco Picture.
Produced by Alan Marshall.
Directed by Adrian Lyne.
With over 100 photographs from the film.

“… the screenplay moves from the nightmarish to the visionary … page for page, it is one of the very few screenplays I’ve read with the power to consistently raise hackles in broad daylight … Read it. It’s extraordinary.” – American Film.

“… one of the most original and powerful screenplays to be seen in Hollywood in years … One feels in the hands of a benevolent and sophisticated teller.” – Cinefantastique.

“… a humanistic thriller that hits like a thunderbolt.” – Fangoria.
The complete final shooting script in professional screenwriter’s format together with an annotated appendix of deleted scenes.
Jacob’s Chronicle, Bruce Joel Rubin’s book-length account of Jacob’s odyssey to the screen.

Applause screenplay series.

Born on this day – William Haggar:

William Haggar

Director

March 10, 1851 – February 4, 1925

Credits:

A Boating Incident (1905); A Dash for Liberty; or, The Convict's Escape and Capture (1903); A Duel with Knives (1902); A Message from the Sea (1905); Bathing Not Allowed (1905); Brutality Rewarded (1904); D.T.'s, or the Effect of Drink (1905); Desperate Footpads (1907); Dick the Kisser (1908); Flynn's Birthday Celebrations (1904); Fun at the Waxworks (1905); Mary Is Dry (1905); Mirthful Mary in the Dock (1904); Mirthful Mary: A Case for the Blacklist (1903); Pongo the Man Monkey (1906); Snowballing (1904); The Bathers' Revenge (1904); The Biter Bitten (1904); The Dumb Man of Manchester (1908); The Life of Charles Peace (1905); The Maid of Cefn Ydfa (1914); The Maniac's Guillotine (1902); The Meddling Policeman (1904); The Poachers (1903); The Red Barn Mystery (1908); The Rival Painters (1905); The Salmon Poachers: A Midnight Melee (1905); The Sheep Stealer (1908); The Sign of the Cross (1904); The Squire's Daughter (1905); The Tramp and Baby's Bottle (1903); The Tramp and the Washerwoman (1903); The Wild Man of Borneo (1902); True as Steel (1902); Two's Company, Three's None (1905); Weary Willie and Tired Tim: The Gunpowder Plot (1903); Whitewashing the Policeman (1904).

Born on this day – Barry Fitzgerald:

Barry Fitzgerald

Actor

March 10, 1888 – January 4, 1961

Credits:

Grand Hotel (1964); Play of the Week (1960); Broth of a Boy (1959); Rooney (1958); The Catered Affair (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955); General Electric Theater (1954); Tonight's the Night (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952); Silver City (1951); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); Union Station (1950); The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); Top o' the Morning (1949); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Naked City (1948); Variety Girl (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); Easy Come, Easy Go (1947); California (1947); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); The Stork Club (1945); And Then There Were None (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); None But the Lonely Heart (1944); I Love a Soldier (1944); Going My Way (1944); Corvette K-225 (1943); Two Tickets to London (1943); The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943); Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941); How Green Was My Valley (1941); The Sea Wolf (1941); San Francisco Docks (1940); The Long Voyage Home (1940); Full Confession (1939); The Saint Strikes Back (1939); Pacific Liner (1939); The Dawn Patrol (1938); Marie Antoinette (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Ebb Tide (1937); The Plough and the Stars (1936); Guests of the Nation (1935); Juno and the Paycock (1929); Land of Her Fathers (1924).

Born on this day – Sam Jaffe:

Sam Jaffe

Actor

Musician

March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984

Credits:

On the Line (1984); Nothing Lasts Forever (1984); The Love Boat (1983); Foul Play (1981); Battle Beyond the Stars (1980); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980); Flying High (1978); Kojak (1977); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Sad and Lonely Sundays (1976); Medical Story (1975); Harry O (1975); Columbo (1975); S.W.A.T. (1975); The Best of Times (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); Mooch (1974); QB VII (1974); The Snoop Sisters (1973); Saga of Sonora (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Love, American Style / Love and the Wishing Star (1972); Circle of Fear (1972); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); The Tell-Tale Heart (1971); Enemies (1971); Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970); Quarantined (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1970); The Dunwich Horror (1970); Night Gallery / Escape Route (1969); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Guns for San Sebastian (1968); Tarzan (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); Batman (1966); Bonanza (1966); Daniel Boone (1965); Ben Casey (1961–1965); The Donna Reed Show (1964); The Defenders (1962); Cain's Hundred (1961); The Law and Mr. Jones (1960–1961); Naked City (1961); The Robert Herridge Theater (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1961); The Untouchables (1961); The Islanders (1961); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); The Westerner (1960); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1959–1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Ben-Hur (1959); The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958); The Spies (1957); Main Street to Broadway (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951); Under the Gun (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Big Story (1949); Rope of Sand (1949); The Accused (1949); Gentleman's Agreement (1947); 13 Rue Madeleine (1947); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Gunga Din (1939); Lost Horizon (1937); We Live Again (1934); The Scarlet Empress (1934); A Cheap Vacation (1916).

Born on this day – Alice Hirson:

 

Alice Hirson

Actress

March 10, 1929 – February 14, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (1996–2006); A Woman Called Moses (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1979); Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977); Another World (1970); Baby Blues (2000–2002); Barnaby Jones (1978); Barney Miller (1981); Bathtub Picnic (2010); Being There (1979); Blind Date (1987); Cold Case (2008); Crossings (1986); Dallas (1982–1988); Dear John (1991); Determination of Death (2001); Ellen (1994–1998); Equal Justice (1990); ER (1999); Family (1978); Flamingo Road (1981); Foley Square (1986); Full House (1987); General Hospital (1982); Godzilla: The Series (2000); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Having Babies (1979); Having Babies II (1977); Home Fires (1992); Hotel (1985); Houston Knights (1987–1988); If Things Were Different (1980); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); Judging Amy (2001); Just Shoot Me! (2003); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); Law & Order (1993); Loose Change (1978); Loving (1993); Mancuso, FBI (1990); Mass Appeal (1984); Matlock (1986); Maude (1977); Men of a Certain Age (2011); Miss All-American Beauty (1982); Murdered: Soul Suspect (2014); Murphy Brown (1990–1996); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Night Vet (2014); Nightwing (1979); NYPD Blue (2001); One Life to Live (1971–1976); Paris (1979); Particular Men (1972); Private Benjamin (1980); Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990); Psyko Ferret (2000); Quincy, M.E. (1977–1983); Revenge of the Nerds (1984); Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978); Sitcom (1983); Slice of Water (2009); Slickers (1985); Somerset (1970–1976); St. Elsewhere (1983); Starlight Theatre (1951); Starman (1987); StarStruck (2010); Stepmonster (1993); Taxi (1981); The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985); The Big Picture (1989); The Death of Richie (1977); The Don of the Flies (2011); The Edge of Night (1956–1984); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Glass House (2001); The Lost (2006); The Magical World of Disney (1986–1987); The Ropers (1979); The Rules of Marriage (1982); The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2012); The Waltons (1977); Trash Truck (2021); Trauma Center (1983); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Will & Grace (2019).

Born on this day – Venetia Stevenson:

Venetia Stevenson

Actress

March 10, 1938 – September 26, 2022

Credits:

Servants of Twilight (1991); Hollywood Vice Squad (1986); Born American (1986); Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984); Southern Comfort (1981); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); Studs Lonigan (1960); Seven Ways from Sundown (1960); The City of the Dead (1960); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); The Big Night (1960); Jet Over the Atlantic (1959); The Third Man (1959); Day of the Outlaw (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Island of Lost Women (1959); Lawman (1958); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1958); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Sugarfoot (1957–1958); Violent Road (1958); Colt .45 (1958); Darby's Rangers (1958); Cheyenne (1957); Matinee Theatre (1957); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957); Cavalcade of America (1954).

On this day in movie history - Journal of a Crime (1934)

Journal of a Crime

directed by William Keighley,

written by F. Hugh Herbert and Charles Kenyon,

based on the play by Jacques Deval,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1934.

A remake of Une vie perdue (1933), directed by Raymond Rouleau.

Music by Leo F. Forbstein.

Cast:

Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd, George Barbier, Douglas Dumbrille, Noel Madison, Henry O'Neill, Phillip Reed, Henry Kolker, Walter Pidgeon, Clay Clement.

On this day in movie history - Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

Drive a Crooked Road

directed by William Keighley,

written by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine,

based on a story by James Benson Nablo,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1954.

Cast:

Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly, Harry Landers, Jerry Paris, Paul Picerni, Dick Crockett, Irene Bolton, John Close, Richard H. Cutting, John Damler, Linda Danson, Diana Dawson, Jean Engstrom, Mike Mahoney, Peggy Maley, Patrick Miller, Mort Mills, George Paul, Jeffrey Stone, Amzie Strickland, Howard Wright.

On this day in movie history - Silent Running (1972)

Silent Running

directed by Douglas Trumbull,

written by Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino and Steven Bochco,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1972.

Music by Peter Schickele.

Songs: Silent Running and Rejoice in the Sun performed by Joan Baez.

Cast:

Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Mark Persons, Steven Brown, Cheryl Sparks, Larry Whisenhunt, Joseph Campanella, Roy Engel.

On this day in movie history - Hellinger’s Law (1981)

Hellinger’s Law

directed by Leo Penn,

written by Lawrence Vail and Jack Laird,

based on a story by Lawrence Vail and Ted Leighton,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1981.

Music by John Cacavas.

Cast:

Telly Savalas, Morgan Stevens, Ja'net DuBois, Roy Poole, Rod Taylor, Melinda Dillon, James Sutorius, Tom McFadden, Lisa Blake Richards, Kyle Richards, Arlen Dean Snyder, Thom Christopher, M. Emmet Walsh, Robert Phalen, Jack Ramage, Patsy Rahn, Don Hanmer, Francis X. McCarthy, Cindy Fisher, Bill Cross, Randy Holland, Sean Penn.