[Reily]

I can't stand F. Scott “Whatever” so your statement is refuted; not the anywhere near the greatest in my book! He is a hack! The only reason he is popular because he fits into the socialist schema.

And there is no evidence that Shakespeare didn't do something! Very little is known about his early life!

There is an interesting new theory regarding “The Bards” early life, which would give him a lot of “experiences (mostly bad!)” to write about.

Writers who haven't “lived” 999/1000 have nothing to say, other then their own personal “angst”. Which I could care less about! We all have that!

[Blue Ink]

Well, you got me there.

There’s no evidence whatsoever Shakespeare never visited the Magic Island of “The Tempest” and the Magic Forest in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” And it’s also entirely possible he time travelled back to ancient Rome and was in the Senate gallery when Caesar got ventilated.

Maybe he did a A LOT of traveling when he was in the Navy and didn’t just make it all up. You know, like how Rowling graduated from Hogwarts.

Touche.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

It’s interesting that the greatest writer America ever produced, Samuel Clemens, did a helluva lot of things before he started writing.