The “very, very brilliant” woman he’s seeing who does the LA Times crossword every morning is identified as Rebecca De Mornay.
Leonard Cohen Reading List
The book referenced by Leonard Cohen, I Am That is a compilation of talks on Shiva Advaita (Nondualism) philosophy by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, a Hindu spiritual teacher who lived in Mumbai.
The quotation is from An Interview With Leonard Cohen by Rob O’Connor (Downtown, Feb 12, 1992). This article was contributed by Dominique BOILE. Photo of crossword by Brian Aydemir.
I am republishing selected posts from my former Leonard Cohen site, Cohencentric, here on AllanShowalter.com (these posts can be found at Leonard Cohen). This entry was originally posted Aug 6, 2012 at 1HeckOfAGuy.com, a predecessor of Cohencentric.