I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.
“My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.”
“When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.”