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...Clouds of Jet Exhaust In "The Fog of Flying" [Aug. 20] Pico Iyer described his "week in the clouds" on business flights. I fail to understand what the purpose of such frenzied flying might be. Iyer apparently assumes that such behavior will impress people, but it certainly doesn't impress me. Sorry, but such senseless jet-hopping has nothing to do with cultivated travel - plus it adds significantly to environmental pollution. And who the heck pays for that? Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus Frankfurt, Germany...
Which of your roles has been the closest to the real you? -Mark Koop, THREE HILLS, ALTA.I would say recently Elegy, with Penélope Cruz, and also Turtle Diary. But my mom would say "Oh, House of Sand and Fog, that's my boy." Those roles are like walking a tightrope. I could lose my balance and topple back into me so easily...
...Ashwin Sivanesan in Columbus, OhioThat's difficult because I've been blessed by so many remarkable roles. I've been really, really fortunate so far. Elegy has not been screened yet; I just finished doing that with Penélope Cruz. But my favorite is House of Sand and Fog because it stirred something inside me. I still love the character; it's left its thumbprint on me. They don't always do that, but he did. There was something supremely dignified about him. He was committed to his family and culture, determined to make America his home, torn between...
Bret Sayre, a hedge fund accountant, was walking home with a colleague when he saw the fog. "We looked up and saw about 150 people running at us, followed by about 10 seconds of confusion. And all of a sudden, smoke started to billow out of a side street a couple blocks up," he says. "That was when we joined in the crowd...
...With a little practice,” he says, smiling, “writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog...