I am about to finish Woody Allen’s biography (by John Baxter) which is why I am writing this. Some things about Woody are repellant. But underneath his writing and film and music and strange personality and hideous romantic life, he does lead an inspirational existence.

Ten things Woody Allen does that I would like to do too:

#1 Live for Kodak Moments

#2 Write every day

#3 Know magic tricks

#4 Play the clarinet

#5 Take ballet lessons for posture

#6 Undergo psychoanalysis

#7 Listen to New Orleans jazz

#8 Be a New Yorker

#9 Have card skills

#10 Pursue people too good for me