I Used To Get Criticized

The Only Advice I Can Give To Aspiring Writers Is Don't Do It Unless You're Willing To Give Your Whole Life To It. Red Wine And Garlic Also Helps.

The Old Fun Thing Is When Somebody Typed Up The First Chapter Of War And Peace. And Then Made A Precis Of The Rest Of It And Sent It Out And Only One Publisher Recognized It.

I've Never Felt Influenced By Ernest Hemingway Though I Suppose There Is Something Inevitable There.

The Wife Picked Out Ceramic Tile For Floor Covering, Not Realizing That Cost Was Determined By Square Foot, Not Square Yard Like Carpet. Thinking The Price Was Plenty Reasonable, She Had An Extra Room Of Tile Ordered For Installation. When The Bill Arrived, It Was Staggering. She And Her Husband Began A Fight That Continued All Through The Construction Job. They Ended Up Divorced, But Not Until She Had Broken Every Window.

Dad Said I Would Always Be "high Minded And Low Waged" From Reading Too Much Ralph Waldo Emerson. Maybe He Was Right.