<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKuna kitu cha kupendeza kuhusu watu kufikiri nilikuwa na uwezo wa kuandika bestseller kuhusu polisi wa New York wakati nilikuwa kijana katika Los Angeles, au kwamba ningeweza kuandika kitabu moja baada ya nyingine katika miaka yangu ya 20, wakati huo huo kuripoti hadithi moja ya gazeti baada ya nyingine.  <response>: Theres something flattering about people thinking I was capable of writing a best seller about a New York cop when I was a teen-ager in Los Angeles, or that I could write one book after another in my 20s, while at the same time reporting one newspaper story after another. 