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When I Was Very Young, One Of My Favourite Books Was Captain's Courageous And I Suppose One Of The Reasons I Loved It, It Was A Life I Knew I Should Have Had, Learning All The Different Bits Of The Ship And Learning To Catch Fish And Rig Sails And To -all The Things That I Never Learned And I Never Learned The Discipline, But I Hungered After It.

The First Language That I Learned Was Italian In Italy In The Early And Middle-'60s And I Had To Do That To Keep Up With The Young Men Who Were Courting My Wife.

As A Work Of Art, It Reminds Me Of A Long Conversation Between Two Drunks

My Wife And I Just Started Listening To The Late Beethoven Quartets Together, An Activity I Recommend For All Married Couples, But That Doesn't Really Mean That I'm Finished Reading.

Jimmy Connors Likes The Ball To Come At Him In A Straight Line, So That He Can Hit It Back In Another Straight Line. When It Comes To Him In A Curve, He Uses Up Half Of His Energy Straightening It Up Again.