You Got An All-out Prize Fight, You

My Alma Mater Is The Chicago Public Library. I Got What Little Educational Foundation I Got In The Third-floor Reading Room, Under The Tutelage Of A Coca-cola Sign.

A Good Writer Gets Better Only By Learning To Cut, To Remove The Ornamental, The Descriptive, The Narrative, And Especially The Deeply Felt And Meaningful. What Remains? The Story Remains.

There's No Such Thing As Talent; You Just Have To Work Hard Enough.

Each Culture Has Its Own Form Of Staged Combat, Evolved From Its Particular Method Of Street Fighting And Cleaned Up For Presentation As A Spectacle, E.g. Savate, Cornish Wrestling, Karate, Kung-fu.

I've Been Training In Jiu-jitsu For About Six Years And I'm Very Fortunate To Live In That World. All The Fighters Hang Out And Have Lunch Together Just About Every Day And Trade Stories. And I've Always Been Fascinated How In The World Of Jiu-jitsu In L.a. Everybody In The Fight World - Cops, Special Forces, Bouncers, Stuntmen - Connected Across Different Lines.