Wine, Baseball and More

Richard Paul Hinkle's Laws of Wine

A chapter from my upcoming novel

Other Goals Achieved: 

• Built my own house. 

• Flew a small plane across the country . . . twice. 

• Pitched at PacBell (SBC, ATT) and at Candlestick. 

• Skydived, twice (“Once to say I did it; once to say I wasn’t afraid to do it again!”). 

• Appeared as the Warris Family lawyer in Lawrence Kasden’s film “Mumford.” 

• Flew a helicopter. 

• Flew a jet. 

• Helped raise two terrific kids. 

• Pretty good singer-guitar-player.

Goals in process:  Learning to speak Spanish and play the violin

"Hinkle-isms"

"Busier than a coyote during Spring lambing."

"If my name isn't in the obituaries, I figure I've got a good day to work with."

"When I first started writing, I figured I'd give myself five years to make a living at it . . . and if I couldn't do it in five years, I'd give myself another five years!"

"If I was any better I'd be hard to live with."

"Rule One of life is that everything has a price. Question One of life is, Are you willing to pay?"

"What to bring to dinner at my house? Wit, charm and appetite. Or, best two of the three."