Author Archives: Bob Hill

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“The common story is one plus one equals two. We get it. But all the real, genuine stories are really about one and one equaling three. That’s what I’m interested in. We live in a rational world where we’re absolutely … Read More

“At 318, the geeks … they are the athletes.” So says Fortunato Rubino, late principal of a popular intermediate school in Brooklyn that has won 26 national chess championships (and counting) over the past 15 years. Impressive, no? Perhaps even … Read More

By Bob Hill Billy Lee would often tell me how much he had hated me when we were in high school. There was little harm in this. After the two of us had graduated, we became fast friends. I emulated Billy. He … Read More

“The Neutral, as its familiars call it, is a few doors north of Stillman’s gymnasium and is patronized chiefly by fight managers, trainers and boxers who are locked out of Stillman’s between three and five o’clock every afternoon, and by … Read More

As Argo hits theaters nationwide today, the cover story – at least from a media perspective – seems to be the unexpected reinvention of Ben Affleck as a compelling, if not wholly Oscar-worthy, actor/director. The only issue being Affleck’s reinvention … Read More

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“You know, I force it. And by forcing it, I lose everything that’s interesting about my work. What’s interesting about my work, for me – not for anyone else; God knows I can’t speak for that – what’s interesting in … Read More

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