The Opera reminds me of my tax audit. It was in a language I didn’t understand. And it ended in tragedy.
A career is a job that has gone on too long.
Writing is simple. First you have to make sure you have plenty of paper... sharp pencils... typewriter ribbon. Then put your belly up to the desk... roll a sheet of paper into the typewriter... and stare at it until beads of blood appear on your forehead.
Above average intelligence has always run in my family. Ambition, however, has always walked with a limp.