{"author":"Eve Babitz","author_id":"Eve+Babitz","total_quotes":3,"quotes":[{"text":"I wasn't as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me 'How do you write?' I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, 'On a typewriter in the mornings when there's nothing else to do.'.","author":"Eve Babitz","tags":["wise","men","red "],"id":302165,"author_id":"Eve+Babitz"},{"text":"For the first six months, all whe wanted was honest labor, finely crafted novels, and surf.","author":"Eve Babitz","tags":["fiction","labor","surf"],"id":329859,"author_id":"Eve+Babitz"},{"text":"It was all balance. But then, she already knew that from surfing.","author":"Eve Babitz","tags":["balance","life","surfing"],"id":425868,"author_id":"Eve+Babitz"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}