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The Most Sheer Fun I Ever Had In Sports Was Playing Volleyball, A Game I Commend Highly. I Understand That An Effort Is Under Way To Establish A National League Of Professional Volleyball Teams, And If You Have Ever Seen The Great Women's Teams Of Japan And Russia Or The Equally Good Men's Teams Of Cuba And East Germany, You Know How Exciting This Playground Game, Which Requires So Little Equipment, Can Be.

During My Lifetime I Have Met Dozens Of Writers And Photographers In Dozens Of Different Countries. But I Have Encountered No One Who Could Both Write And Photograph With The Artistry Of Robert Vavra.

I Am Always Interested In Why Young People Become Writers, And From Talking With Many I Have Concluded That Most Do Not Want To Be Writers Working Eight And Ten Hours A Day And Accomplishing Little; They Want To Have Been Writers, Garnering The Rewards Of Having Completed A Best-seller. They Aspire To The Rewards Of Writing But Not To The Travail.

If Your Book Doesn't Keep You Up Nights When You Are Writing It, It Won't Keep Anyone Up Nights Reading It.

Organizations Like The Church Or General Motors Promote A Man Up And Up Until He Reaches A Spot Which He Is Obviously Incapable Of Filling, And There They Lay Him To Rest.