“I have written much less than most people who write; I have drunk much more than most people who drink.”
“I have written less than most writers. But I have drunk far more than most drinkers.”
“I am aware that I am less than some people prefer me to be, but most people are unaware that I am so much more than what they see.”
“Some people just have more of a chance than others, and some just have to take the chances that they have. I know a lot of people who were more unfortunate than Jerry Bines, who turned out much better-”
“I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.”
“It turns out that for most people who have chronic diseases with deferred consequences, "improve my financial health" is a much more pervasively experienced job than "maintain my physical health.”