My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days.

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.

My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.

I was also in love with the English language.