“I hate competition. It’s one of the seven warning signs of work. I’ve spent most of my life trying to figure out ways to make money without working. I don’t know what I could do to get money besides driving… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
I guided my heap into the heart of Capitol Hill wondering for the first time in fourteen years what I could do to get money besides drive cabs or rob banks. Both occupations had their pros and cons. For instance,… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“The big house... reminded me of the types of structures you can still see in places like Center City: gingerbread houses, two-story affairs built… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
It's a funny thing about writing. You get so balled up in a story idea that you lose your perspective and forget that human… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“I don't think there is anything that annoys me as much as having to "be" somewhere. It seems like every bad thing that ever… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“My imagination was running amok again. Twice in one night. This never happens when I’m sitting in front of a typewriter.” — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“Writers, even unpublished writers, have a tendency not to notice what’s going on around them when they are the center of attention.” — Gary Reilly Copy Share
Being a cab river is not unlike being a magician--minus the top hat, the cape, the rabbit, an the gorgeous assistant. But you do… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“Golf baffles me. They says it’s a sport, and I have to take their word for it, but anything that involves having fun while… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“To me, knowing how to do something is like cheating. That's why I never studied in grade school. Studying made passing tests too easy.… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“My fake weekend has begun. I always take Tuesday off, unless my rent is due and I need to pick up some extra cash.… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“TGIF," I said aloud even though it was only Thursday. But I was alone in my apartment as far as I knew. I deliberately… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
Work/Loaf Ratio”...I have spent fourteen years perfecting... I won't bore you with a long-winded explanation of the “W/LR” save to say that it is… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“Late Friday morning I was driving toward Boulder. I was seated in "Doctor Lovebeads Cosmic Wonderbus and Mobile Mercantile." That entire phrase was painted… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“I didn't offer to help him carry any of his stuff. That's the unwritten code between cabbies and movers… It's his punishment for tricking… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
“They say that a man has to want to quit before he can stop working, that nobody can stop working for him. His first… — Gary Reilly Copy Share
