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At no time did she get along with everybody, but there was always someone she was in contact with.
“I’VE WRITTEN MEMOIR FOR YEARS now in spite of a poor memory. Maybe because of my poor memory.”
― Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing
― Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing
“So much for objective journalism. Don’t bother to look for it here—not under any byline of mine; or anyone else I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a gross contradiction in terms.”
― Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Hunter S. Thompson
― Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Hunter S. Thompson
“A baseball beat writer once warned me that covering baseball every single day will cure you of your love of baseball, quick.”
― The Best American Sports Writing 2013: Selected by Pulitzer Winner J.R. Moehringer from 350+ National Publications and Blogs
― The Best American Sports Writing 2013: Selected by Pulitzer Winner J.R. Moehringer from 350+ National Publications and Blogs
“Detail is the antidote to boredom, and tends to keep depression at bay.”
― Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing
― Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing
“THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WRITING has taught me is this: the more vulnerable you allow yourself to be, the stronger you become.”
― Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing
― Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing
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