I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.

As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

If Carpenter hadn't been out there, it might have been easier. He got in a couple of jams, and he got out of them. That's why he's a 19-game winner.

In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you.

It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell under somebody's supervision and surveillance.

There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was.