Never Lie Down With A Woman Who's

And Never, Ever, No Matter What Else You Do In Your Whole Life, Never Sleep With Anyone Whose Troubles Are Worse Than Your Own.

Thinking Of Poe, Thinking Of Mark Twain And Vachel Lindsay, Thinking Of Jack London And Tom Wolfe, One Begins To Feel There Is Almost No Way Of Becoming A Creative Writer In America Without Being A Loser.

The Avocation Of Assessing The Failures Of Better Men Can Be Turned Into A Comfortable Livelihood, Providing You Back It Up With A Ph.d.

The Hard Necessity Of Bringing The Judge On The Bench Down Into The Dock Has Been The Peculiar Responsibility Of The Writer In All Ages Of Man.

When We Get More Houses Than We Can Live In, More Cars Than We Can Ride In, More Food Than We Can Eat Ourselves, The Only Way Of Getting Richer Is By Cutting Off Those Who Don't Have Enough.