Where we hang out depends on who we're with. I hang out with my wife in quiet restaurants with old waiters whose feet hurt and who don't introduce themselves by name. We talk and stuff. Most men are capable of putting their thoughts into words when they choose to, but they don't like to be forced to testify. Or made to perform.
Men are stubborn.
I have some ideas about what you do that resembles Twain, but I'd be very interested to hear what you see as similarities between yourself and Twain and what you feel you've learned from Twain. Missourian Dear Sir, I share your high opinion of Mr. Twain and have never thought much about what he and I might have in common. We both grew up on the Mississippi, were both draft dodgers, and wrote for money, and beyond that, you tell me. Twain was a born talent, as evidenced by his letters home when he was a teenager and travelled to New York to get work as a printer and see the big city. You read them and you can detect his mature voice already there.