As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I'm not sure that I'm going to be a good one or even a self-supporting one, but until the dark thumb of fate presses me to the dust and says 'you are nothing', I will be a writer.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own personal physicians are honest and competent?

I harbor a secret urge to whack a salesman in the face, crack his teeth and put red bumps around his eyes.

There's also a down side.

The mind & body must be subjected to extreme stimulus, by means of drugs & music.

One thing I have learned in my painful career as a gambler is that bragging when you get lucky and win a few games will plunge you into gloom and unacceptable beatings very soon. It happens every time.