Sam's Sanity Diary

Last night, I was on the Cake Talk Show podcast hosted by Saiful and Cheah. They asked me this question - "Outside of comedy, who are some of the people who inspired you?" I answered, "Douglas Adams, Michael Crichton and Michael Jackson." Michael Jackson because he invented the moonwalk. And the way he released it to the world. This brand new thing that did not exist before. He nurtured it into existence, all by himself, without telling anyone. Everyday, just practice, practice, practice, not even knowing at first if it would even work. No support network, no hangintheres, no keepitups, no keepontruckins. Just everyday by himself, eyes on the prize. Lonely as a man planning a bank heist (or something else that needs a truckload of planning and loneliness). He did it the hard way. Why? Because he wanted to blow your minds! THAT'S an entertainer! All casual like... BAM, drops the moonwalk on the counter. Everybody's head explodes! That is how you do it. Okay, ...

 Ernest Hemingway supposedly said Write Drunk, Edit Sober. Actually, I just googled and he didn't actually. It doesn't matter. It's kind of a famous saying, whether he did or did not. It's a good saying. It's short, it's catchy and it sounds like the truth. It's got a good rhythm to it. 2 syllables, comma, 4 syllables. It's like "Do Now, Worry Later". I think many modern writers have expended it to Write High, Edit Sober. I think most comedians have. I think some of them write high and edit high. Sheng Wang probably does. Hahaha. I can never write high and edit sober. I'm too fidgety a writer. I often edit a sentence before I am done writing it.  I'm my own worst micromanager. I think it's obsessive compulsive. So I can only write high, edit high. Or to be more accurate, write and edit high. Like I am. Right now. I took a cookie. That feels like it should have been a separate paragraph. I took a cookie. One of See Ming's friends...