My concept of drama requires obstacles, and there's no obstacles in comfort.
I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure.
My problem with most athletic challenges is training. I'm lazy and find that workouts cut into my drinking time.
The dirty little secret about adventure writing is that something has to go wrong.
Charlie Patton, who was born in 1891, recorded some of the very first blues. In 'Pony Blues' and 'Peavine Blues,' he manages to pile dense layers of rhythms one upon the other.
It's often hilarious to me that I'm writing about Tonga or some tropical place and there's a blizzard outside and the cows are on their backs with their hooves in the air.