Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks.

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put it down and in a matter of hours it becomes a product. Not just a product like a can or something.

I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I'd never take a job in a place where you couldn't throw cigarette butts on the floor. I was hooked on this writing for newspapers and magazines.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

There is no other reason for his fame.

Precious was one of a large number of people on the street, many of whom appeared to be women; some, like Precious, actually were.