On money, being a person in public, and hate

is it money that we hate, or fame

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Sometimes I wonder about exactly how far open my mouth should be, or any other person’s mouth, for that matter. Writers have a peculiar art form: we’re showing people the insides of our heads or at least ideas that come from our heads. It…