The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win.
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
“But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.”