I write for a living - and it's a childhood dream come true for me.

我以写作为生- - -这是我从小就有的梦想，现在变为了现实。

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If you speak or write for a living, you'll find you make a big hit with your audience or readers of your work.

如果你在演播或者写作一出戏剧，你会发现你的听众或是读者非常喜爱你的作品。

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As I was thinking about this opportunity and what to write I thought back to the whole reason that I am now doing what I am doing for a living.

当我就发表这篇文章的机会进行思考，并想应写点什么的时候，我回忆起促使我选择现在这种生活方式的原因。

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But the characters in "Laughter on the 23rd Floor, " like "The Sunshine Boys" before it, have a logical reason to be telling jokes, which is that they write them for a living ("If Max Prince laughs, my kids eat this week").

WSJ: Putting the Punch in Punch-Line | Neil Simon | Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Mad Cow Theatre | Review by Terry Teachout

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