It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you.
“As Jeopardy devotees know, if you're trying to win on the show, the buzzer is all. On any given night, nearly all the contestants know nearly all the answers, so it's just a matter of who masters buzzer rhythm the best.”
“My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.”