For me, Jews and football go together like a horse and carriage. Clive Sinclair carriagefootballhorse Change image and share on social
My own zigzag path through life led me back to Santa Cruz in the early Eighties, and I have revisited regularly since. The place hasn't changed: head in the clouds, backside on the hills and feet in the ocean - one of the most decent and beautiful places on earth. Clive Sinclair backbacksidebeautiful share on social
Hinde Esther Kreitman is a forgotten literary foremother, her works largely lost, ignored and out of print. Clive Sinclair estherforemotherforget Change image and share on social
In 1935, Faber & Faber published an anthology entitled 'My Best Western Story' in which the genre's leading practitioners contributed what they considered their finest. Alas, literature the stories ain't; they appear more like fossils from a spent mine. Clive Sinclair alaanthologyconsider share on social
I owe my discovery of the Hot Club of Cowtown to Kinky Friedman, leader of the Texas Jewboys. When I saw that Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys were headlining the 2003 Santa Clarita Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, I thought it my duty to check out the band that had inspired the Texas Jewboys. Clive Sinclair bandbobcheck share on social
This was the wonder of advertising; the complete absence of cynicism. It may have many mansions, but it has no room for Doubting Thomases. Clive Sinclair absenceadvertisecomplete Change image and share on social
In the 1880s, a weedy Easterner named Owen Wister had something like a nervous breakdown. Wyoming, with its wide-open spaces and healthy pursuits, was prescribed as a cure. Wister was immediately smitten by the taciturn cowboys and the rules imposed upon them by the cattle barons. Clive Sinclair 1880sbaronbreakdown share on social
I believe that there may well be a personal God out there - not a monotheistic God - that has got it in for me. Clive Sinclair godmonotheisticpersonal Change image and share on social
I'll tell you now that I hate myself for many reasons, but being Jewish is not one of them. Clive Sinclair hatejewishreason Change image and share on social
If someone like my father chooses to criticise Israeli policies, it's not because he is a self-hating Jew, but because he is not prepared to live in a state of self-denial. Clive Sinclair choosecriticisedenial Change image and share on social