You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but...
Tell the truth work hard and come to dinner on time.
My mom God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont W.Va. and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip and I was Little Skip.
