Barbra Streisand is Writing About Her Life
Posted on May 29, 2009
Broadway World reports that Barbra Streisand has been writing about the construction of her home in Malibu. During the process of writing the book she has also been writing about her life but she has not yet fully committed to publishing a memoir.
In writing about where she lives (the book is expected to have up to 50,000 words of text), she has been writing about herself "because I'm spurred on by the writing process," Streisand said Wednesday during a brief telephone interview with The Associated Press. Long reluctant to discuss her private life, the 67-year-old Streisand said she has been working on chapters, in longhand, for a separate book. But she hasn't made up her mind whether she will complete the memoir and publish it.The AP has an article about Streisand's inability to commit to publishing a memoir. If Streisand did publish a memoir there would be plenty of readers."I go back and forth," stated Streisand, who has received numerous show business honors, including Academy Awards, Grammys and Emmys. "Do I really want to write about my life? Do I really want to relive my life? I'm not sure."
Married to actor James Brolin, her second husband, Streisand told the AP that she wants to get back into filmmaking after setting her career aside to work on her house. She is hoping to obtain rights to Larry Kramer's play "A Normal Heart," a story she has been interested in for years, and has recruited some "interesting cast members" whom she declined to identify.
Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly reports that last week Streisand's former lover, Jon Peters, canceled his book deal with Harper Collins. Streisand's website says, "Just for the record...the claims and statements attributed to me in Jon Peters' book proposal are either completely distorted or simply untrue."