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I think my career has been instances of me trying to figure out ways to get around doing it the right way because I don't think I have the tools to do it the right way. There's a talent to that. ”
At 13, I volunteered at the radio station. My first job was cleaning up when I was 17, and before I really started, they fired people for stealing station equipment, and I was on the air. ”
It was a romantic dream to be a writer. It seemed like a calling. ”
Bruce Springsteen's world is where everybody did these terrible jobs, if they had jobs at all, and he wanted something better. ”
I've learned that I am allowed to say what I like and what I don't like. And I've learned that I have to be professional and not be everyone's best friend. ”
Whether you are a stay-at-home mum, or on the red carpet, or in Afghanistan, the better you feel, the better you do your job. ”
I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner. ”
I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh. ”
Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets. ”
I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture. ”