Charles Bukowski

All I know is Mr. Sherman he really likes to type (see below), and apparently he is a "Pulitzer Prize nominee," meaning he never won the Pulitzer Prize, but the name looks good on his web site (the entry fee is $50 in case you're interested in going for your own Pulitzer nomination).

"Oh, I don't care who wins, it's such an honor just being nominated!"

I write a new short story every month [...] My last novel was 309 manuscript pages and I wrote it in 21 days. [...] I am working on a major series right now wherein each novel will run 1000 to 1200 pages. And, I plan to write 8 of them. [...] I have a number of other projects I’m passionate about, including a mainstream novel about a single divorced mom who raises an autistic son, and a private eye mystery series set in Branson [...] I have time and energy to write all of these books. But, I have no agent...
See, a lot of typing. Now where have I heard that "wrote the novel in 21 days" bit before...hmm...

I don't know about you, but I'd go for the Nobel Prize before the Pulitzer. I know, the cats at Nobel expect you to take the traditional route and come up through the minors, but the Pulitzer is a paltry $10,000, and the Nobel is s cool $1,500,000. So me, I'm going for Nobel. Plus, the King of Sweden hands you the medal, and I have a bone to pick with him.

But that's just me.