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Al Alvarez
English
Poet
About the author
I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Poker
Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Poker
#Gambling
When you make a bet, you're saying something.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Saying
The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Play
#Fact
Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Now
#Writing
#Trade
I'm good at reading people.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#People
#Reading
I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Ego
#Poker
I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Trade
I hate writing.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Writing
#Hate
I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Luck
But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you have to, it's all about where you're sitting at the table.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Mistakes
#Money
I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.
Al Alvarez,
English
Poet
#Being
#Writer