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Another Thing I Learned Is That Novels, Even Those From Apparently Distant Times And Places, Remain Current And Enlightening, And Also Comforting.

When I Came Home For The Summer After My First Year Of College, I Told My Mother That My Best Friend And I Were Driving To California. She Laughed Out Loud - 2,000 Miles In A What? Well, My Best Friend Had An Old Chevy. What Could Go Wrong?

Horse Racing Is Really Much More Intimidating Than Anything Having To Do With Literature. When I Had Horses At The Racetrack, I Would Wake Up In Terror In A Way That I Would Never Wake Up While Working On A Novel.

Like Most Of The Educated, I Do Harbor A Fondness For The Sins Of My Ignorant Past.

You Cannot Be An Egomaniac On The Horse. If You Lose Your Temper And Start Beating Him, Either You Will Destroy Him, Or He Will Destroy You. As Soon As You Start Riding Horses Seriously, You're Being Disciplined On A Daily Basis About How Ignorant You Are And What There Is Left For You To Learn.