I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.

I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.

The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.

I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade.

I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.

And if you can't keep your ego under control, it's going to cost you a lot of money.