It's This Upside-down World That We Live

I Have Been Blessed To Have The Same Editor And Work For A Great Publishing House.

No Offence Mitch, But You Look Like S*****." "i Feel Like S****

And When I Go Around And Talk To Schools, What I Tell The Kids Are, First Of All, You Have To Accept Each Other's Differences. Some Of You Are Going To Be A Crappy Football Player, Some Of You Are Going To Be A Great Mathematician. Whatever It Is, Accept Each Other's Differences And Help Prop Each Other Up.

[he] Saw Communism For The Sham That It Was--a Bunch Of Brutes Who Seized Power In The Name Of The People, Only To Repress The Very People They Claimed To Champion.

When I Was Writing My First Novel A Friend Told Me I Should Apply For A Grant From The Government That Was Offered To Support Starving Artists. I Can't Tell You How Much This Deeply Offended Me. I Told Her In Very Clear Language That I Thought It Was Ridiculous To Think That Other Americans Ought To Pay For Me To Chase My Dream. Anybody Who Understands Pride And Self-determination Gets This. So I Bartended At Night, I Wrote During The Day, And I Paid For My Own Damn Insurance. I Didn't Expect Anybody Else To Pick It Up For Me.