Drink, Play, F@#k

being informed, and then setting the information aside so that it doesn’t tie you up while you get a feel for the way things are going.

There’s a reason that the Emerald Isle has never produced any world-class painters, sculptors, or architects—none of them could hold a brush, chisel, or pencil steady enough to get the job done.

The great victories in life are never sure things.

From the pubs of Ireland, to the casinos of Las Vegas, to the hedonistic pleasure palaces of Thailand, I learned a great deal during my twelve months of isolation, degradation, depredation, inebriation, confabulation, masturbation, consternation, and elation. One of the most important lessons that I learned was not to fear the zeroes.