“‘Jeezus Christ! . . . Have you ever heard of anyone who drank while he worked? You’re thinking of Faulkner. He does sometimes, and I can tell right in the middle of a page when he’s had his first one. Besides, who in hell would mix more than one martini at a time?’”
—Philip Greene, writer, “Drinking While Writing: Ernest Hemingway & F. Scott Fitzgerald,” The Daily Beast, July 20, 2020.
• Editorial Comment: True, you want them fresh.
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