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I drink to make other people interesting.

I used to be a drinker but I found out how bad it was and I let it alone.

Beverages have to be created. And they're created by looking at what trend is in, say, the fashion industry - what color's hot right now.

I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty.

As far as a cocktail, I do like good wines, basically with meals, and good champagnes.

I like to drink young wines, wines which are robust and have a lot of forward fruit to them.

I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women.

I like to drink to suit my location.

I was a bartender for a long time, so I know how to make drinks, but I'm more likely to offer them than to have them. I think this is one of the reasons why I get to live longer than my great-grandmother did, and why I get to produce more writing than she did, and why my marriage isn't in dire straits.