Author Archives: Bob Hill

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“The only advice I can think of is that it’s only the work that counts. Don’t read about yourself. Don’t have big discussions about your work. Just keep your nose to the grindstone. And don’t think about any of the … Read More

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How funny you are today New York like Ginger Rogers in Swingtime and St. Bridget’s steeple leaning a little to the left here I have just jumped out of a bed full of V-days (I got tired of D-days) and … Read More

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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you … Read More

It was noon when I came to, awoken by a clatter in the kitchen. There was a Kenzo named Jay Caufield sitting shirtless at our table. Jay was counting bills out by denomination, scribbling notes out with a pencil. I … Read More

Way back in the early 60s, Behavioral Psychologist Stanley Milgram embarked upon a decade-long series of experiments, geared toward confirming the majority of human beings are more prone toward obeying orders out of a rote sense of fear or responsibility … Read More

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“Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work. Tell someone out there who is lost, someone not yet born, someone who won’t be born for 500 years. Your writing will be a record of … Read More