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Long Before It Legally Served Me, The Bar Saved Me. It Restored My Faith When I Was A Boy, Tended Me As A Teenager, And When I Was A Young Man The Bar Embraced Me.

Write Every Day; Never Give Up; It's Supposed To Be Difficult; Try To Find Some Pleasure And Reward In The Act Of Writing, Because You Can't Look For Praise From Editors, Readers, Or Critics. In Other Words, Tips That Are Much Easier To Give Than To Take.

I Don't Know. Sometimes I Try To Say What's On My Mind And It Comes Out Sounding Like I Ate A Dictionary And I'm Shitting Pages. Sorry

Baseball, Boxing, Handball - Sooner Or Later Every Game Gets Compared To Narrative, But Only In Football Are The Plays Perfectly Linear, Drawn Up With Letters, And Only In Football Is The Field Itself Lined Like A Sheet Of Notebook Paper.

Of Course Many Bars In Manhasset, Like Bars Everywhere, Were Nasty Places, Full Of Pickled People Marinating In Regret.