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I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.

Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run.

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.

So to make those checks better, I used to steal lollipops and sell them at school - but I got caught.

I'm just shocked and thankful that I've gotten away with everything - experimenting here, trying at this, failing at that, being good in some things, not so good in others. It's kind of amazing that people are still sticking by me. When they come up to me in the street, I just want to write them all cheques.

I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.

The only way you can acquire anything is by writing a cheque. At the end of the day you're writing a personal cheque, which tends to concentrate the mind.

Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.