1) "Being a writer is like being a smoker. Deep down, you either are or you're not. And either way, you know it."
2) "I like that people in this neighborhood [Capitol Hill, where I recently moved] are unapologetic about smoking. You don't see them crouched and sheepish about it."
[Note: Dad quit smoking in 1974. Safe bet, however, that his version of an afterlife includes Kents.]
2 comments:
I completely agree with your dad. Smoking isn't a lifestyle choice. It's either in your genes or it isn't. Though I gave up my precious cigarettes not long ago, I don't think anything fundamental about me has changed. I'm still a smoker, but now I'm a smoker that (chooses not to smoke.
I get the feeling I could spend an entire weekend talking with your dad. We'd be like old Navy men reminiscing about their favorite Taiwan whores. "Ah, were we ever so young and stupid."
Yeah, I suspect you guys could swap fairly epic tales over a deck of cards and/or steak sandwiches.
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