I Was An Artist, But Not A

The Average Politician Was Crooked. That Was My Ambition, To Be A Crooked Politician. I'd See Them In These Restaurants, And They'd All Hold These Conferences. I'd See Politicians Who Were Supposed To Be On Opposite Sides Of Issues All Together At One Table.

I Want To Be Better Than Five Guys. I Was That Way When I Used To Box, I Was That Way In Any Sport. I Want To Compete With Five Other Guys. If I Beat Five Other Guys, I'd Like To See If I Can Beat Six.

You Fought Fair. If The Other Guy Wants To Fight And You Knocked Him Out, You Did Your Best For Him. You Didn't Want To Hurt Him Any More.

I Don't Want To Take Somebody Else's Beating. That Makes Me Unhappy.

Nobody Ever Wrote A Story For Me. I Told In Every Story What Was Really Inside My Gut, And It Came Out That Way. My Stories Began To Get Noticed Because The Average Reader Could Associate With Them.