Ron Chernow

In fact, his sister-in-law, Sue Crane, afterwards said, you know, they left Elmira and went to Hartford because the baby was better. The baby was fine. So he had this tendency... to flagellate himself, you know, and take responsibility. And it was really kind of crazy, you know, what happened with Susie, the eldest daughter, that he was not, you know, there at the time.

They had just come back from this round-the-world tour. There was no cure for meningitis at the time. You know, his being there would not really have helped Mattis, and in fact, she was sort of delirious and...

They had just come back from this round-the-world tour. There was no cure for meningitis at the time. You know, his being there would not really have helped Mattis, and in fact, she was sort of delirious and...

They had just come back from this round-the-world tour. There was no cure for meningitis at the time. You know, his being there would not really have helped Mattis, and in fact, she was sort of delirious and...

It's interesting, you know, because he's a novelist, and I think that he himself becomes a character perhaps greater than any of his creations. I think the life he lives is a story actually more dramatic than any that he... And it's full of light and shadow because it's full of literary triumphs, to be sure, full of personal calamities.

It's interesting, you know, because he's a novelist, and I think that he himself becomes a character perhaps greater than any of his creations. I think the life he lives is a story actually more dramatic than any that he... And it's full of light and shadow because it's full of literary triumphs, to be sure, full of personal calamities.

It's interesting, you know, because he's a novelist, and I think that he himself becomes a character perhaps greater than any of his creations. I think the life he lives is a story actually more dramatic than any that he... And it's full of light and shadow because it's full of literary triumphs, to be sure, full of personal calamities.

And I haven't had a chance to tell you just how much I loved your speech. that you gave for the Mark Twain Award because I think that I was so glad just the tone of it because Mark Twain was much more than just a humorist. He was a sage. He was a moralist.

And I haven't had a chance to tell you just how much I loved your speech. that you gave for the Mark Twain Award because I think that I was so glad just the tone of it because Mark Twain was much more than just a humorist. He was a sage. He was a moralist.

And I haven't had a chance to tell you just how much I loved your speech. that you gave for the Mark Twain Award because I think that I was so glad just the tone of it because Mark Twain was much more than just a humorist. He was a sage. He was a moralist.

He was a conscience of the person. I think that you really touched on that very, very exactly. But it's interesting because we know Mark Twain as a humorist and we tend to think of him with the white suit and the cigar. But Mark Twain said a couple of things about life. He said, life is a tragedy with comedy distributed here and there only to heighten and magnify the pain by contrast.

He was a conscience of the person. I think that you really touched on that very, very exactly. But it's interesting because we know Mark Twain as a humorist and we tend to think of him with the white suit and the cigar. But Mark Twain said a couple of things about life. He said, life is a tragedy with comedy distributed here and there only to heighten and magnify the pain by contrast.

He was a conscience of the person. I think that you really touched on that very, very exactly. But it's interesting because we know Mark Twain as a humorist and we tend to think of him with the white suit and the cigar. But Mark Twain said a couple of things about life. He said, life is a tragedy with comedy distributed here and there only to heighten and magnify the pain by contrast.

Unbelievable. And then he also said that life is a fever dream. with sweetness embittered by sorrow and pleasure poisoned by pain. I know you're all going to go off and jump off a bridge after I tell you these comments that he made.

Unbelievable. And then he also said that life is a fever dream. with sweetness embittered by sorrow and pleasure poisoned by pain. I know you're all going to go off and jump off a bridge after I tell you these comments that he made.

Unbelievable. And then he also said that life is a fever dream. with sweetness embittered by sorrow and pleasure poisoned by pain. I know you're all going to go off and jump off a bridge after I tell you these comments that he made.

He has this kind of deterministic view that we're just kind of machines, and there are stimuli, and we react to it, that we're really not creating anything. The funny thing is, Conan, that someone reading that, if it had not been written by Mark Twain, they would have said, well, what about Mark Twain?

He has this kind of deterministic view that we're just kind of machines, and there are stimuli, and we react to it, that we're really not creating anything. The funny thing is, Conan, that someone reading that, if it had not been written by Mark Twain, they would have said, well, what about Mark Twain?

He has this kind of deterministic view that we're just kind of machines, and there are stimuli, and we react to it, that we're really not creating anything. The funny thing is, Conan, that someone reading that, if it had not been written by Mark Twain, they would have said, well, what about Mark Twain?

Mark Twain would have been the best example of the fact that there is true originality in the world. world.