Think of the children

As you can imagine, I can't muster much outrage about A-Rod and roids. There are drugs that would likely make me a more efficient writer. I don't take them because I'm concerned about my health, and because I worry about what they'd do to the shreds of creativity I cling to. I'm always worried about getting busted, now that I've got a family. But I also don't get paid millions to do what I do. If I were, I have no idea what I'd do. That's another world

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