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I was just an ignorant bum who read a lot at libraries to stay out of the rain.
You know, mostly day labor jobs and flophouses.
And then, after years of hustling, I finally... I managed to...
to weasel my way into a job on the sports desk
of a local paper in northern California, which was a dream,
it's just, the only problem was, I didn't know how to write.
I mean, I could read okay, but to actually type out sentences and spelling
I didn't know anything.
In the newspaper business, this could be a problem.
Yeah, the city editor found it particularly amusing
when I spelled the word "maybe," M-A-B-E.
He called me a liar and then he fired me.
So, what did you do?
Well, I... I knew that I wanted to be a writer.
And the only thing I could do was go and beg for my job back.
So, after about three days of-of begging,
he finally said, "Okay, fine. You have two weeks, no pay.
"Maybe you can learn to be a writer."
So I worked at the paper during the day
and then at night I stayed,
typing over your short stories.
I copied them word for word.
It taught me how to type,
it taught me the English language,
it taught me spelling, grammar and how to write dialogue.
It taught me how to see.
- Smart. - It changed my life.
writer - escritor
write - escreva
which - qual
weasel - doninha
typing - digitando
three - três
thing - coisa
taught - ensinado
particularly - particularmente
english - inglês
during - durante
learn - aprender
dialogue - diálogo
amusing - divertido
begging - implorando
could - poderia
years - anos
fired - disparamos
copied - copiado
worked - trabalhou
after - depois de
stories - histórias
newspaper - jornal
actually - na realidade
problem - problema
about - sobre
editor - editor
business - o negócio
anything - qualquer coisa
found - encontrado
called - chamado
finally - finalmente
short - curto
california - Califórnia
hustling - hustling
ignorant - ignorante
labor - trabalho
language - língua
spelled - soletrado
dream - sonhe
libraries - bibliotecas
wanted - procurado
local - local
grammar - gramática
managed - gerenciou
sentences - frases
flophouses - flophouses
maybe - talvez
spelling - soletração
mostly - na maioria das vezes
night - noite
northern - norte
changed - mudou
paper - papel
weeks - semanas
smart - inteligente
sports - esportes
stayed - fiquei
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