Booze And Tobacco And Lots Of Sex.

Our Happiest Moments As Tourists Always Seem To Come When We Stumble Upon One Thing While In Pursuit Of Something Else.

Ideas Come To People Who Are Receptive To Them.

This Church Was Open And Seemingly Unattended, And It Was A Throwback In Another Way As Well. The Candles In The Little Side Altars Were Real Ones, Actual Wax Candles That Burned With An Open Flame. Lots Of Churches Have Switched Over To Electrified Altars. You Drop Your Quarter In The Slot And A Flame-shaped Bulb Goes On And Stays On For Your Quarter's Worth Of Time. It's Like A Parking Meter, And If You Stay Too Long They Tow Away Your Soul.

Back Then, Before It Became Clear That Democracy Was Best Served By A Drunken Electorate, The Bars In New York City Were Required To Close On Election Day.

The Less Attention I Pay To What People Want And The More Attention I Pay To Just Writing The Book I Want To Write, The Better I Do.