You Know What Circumcision Is, Private?

Looking Back, Of Course, It Was Irresponsible, Mad, Forlorn, Idiotic, But If You Don't Take Chances Then You'll Never Have A Winning Hand, And I've No Regrets.

We Make Children And Wealth And Amass Land And Build Halls And Assemble Armies And Give Great Feasts, But Only One Thing Survives Us. Reputation.

Then You Start Another Book And Suddenly The Galley Proofs Of The Last One Come In And You Have To Wrench Your Attention Away From What You're Writing And Try To Remember What You Were Thinking When You Wrote The Previous One.

And Yes, There's A Simplicity To Writing Books Because You're Not A Member Of A Team, So You Make All The Decisions Yourself Instead Of Deferring To A Committee.

A Man Does Not See Where He Treads In Battle, For He Is Watching The Enemy.