Colonel L., in whose eyes I was a first-rate Riot Acter or, worse, an intellectual—in his phrase, someone who reads books—the most damning appraisal that could be made of a junior lieutenant.
Crazy,' says Paddy Mayne, 'is our business.
Don’t prepare. Begin.
He knows that any job, whether it's a novel or a kitchen remodel, takes twice as long as he thinks and costs twice as much. He accepts that. He recognizes it as reality.
How many of us have become drunks and drug addicts, developed tumors and neuroses, succumbed to painkillers, gossip, and compulsive cell-phone use, simply because we don't do that thing that our heart...
I once worked as a writer for a big New York ad agency. Our boss used to tell us: Invent a disease. Come up with the disease, he said, and we can sell the cure. Attention Deficit Disorder, Seasonal Af...
If we were born to overthrow the order of ignorance and injustice of the world, it's our job to realize it and get down to business.
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