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You were in art history major at princeton; right . Venue go off to wall street a and do really well. Michael, you could have been rich, i mean, you could have your own plane at this point. Instead he went into the book business. Tell us why you did that. Are back about . So you know, joe and i were classmates in college and its an accident that he was asked to interview me. They did know that we knew each other. This is opportunity for joel to express all the resentment he feels. Thats correct. Its actually the undoing of joel and michaell. Yeah, so the question is why i quit wall street. So, i didnt know i wanted what i wanted to do with my life when i was in college unlike you. You knew you wanted to be a journalist and a writer. When i got out i didnt have any plans. It didnt occur to me partly because of how i grew up. I grew up in new orleans where no one really did anything for a living, so it didnt occur to me that i would have to. Hence our history, i mean, it was a place wher ....
As a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite providers. Now on book tv we are live with bestselling author Michael Lewis. Mister lewis has written many books including liars poker, moneyball, the big short and most recently the undoing project, a friendship that changed our minds. Michael lewis, you are the author of more than a dozen bestselling books, what makes a good story in your mind, what do you look for . There is no formula. The question you just asked me, ive never really asked myself exactly. What lead me to want to write a book, you have to have a level of passion about it. Itsfinding usually, what it is , its finding an interesting person in an interesting situation that will allow me to work in an interesting idea. B. I feel like i just h ....