In the 70s and 80s, I made a ...

In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.
 W. P. Kinsella

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Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs, for fifty years, but if someone asked my occupation, I'd say writer, even if I'd never sold a word. Writers write. Other people talk.
 W. P. Kinsella
It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.
 W. P. Kinsella
I became exclusively an American League fan when they instituted the DH rule, and will remain so until the National League moves out of the dark ages.
 W. P. Kinsella
Until Color TV came along, BW TV was too muddy to be enjoyable.
 W. P. Kinsella