I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.
My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change.
Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.

