Here is what some of Dave’s friends who appear in the book had to say:
"I don’t bid like that because if I do I will end up sleeping on the couch." - Mike Passell
"When they travel to tournaments, Dave chooses their hotel by the comfort of the sofas." - Chris Compton
"If Dave had just bid 3NT and made it, he could have avoided the couch." - Bob Hamman
"If he slept on the couch that often playing precision, I don’t want to imagine where he would have slept playing 2/1." - Jeff Meckstroth
"The guy plays like he didn’t get a good night’s sleep." - Eddie Wold
"Annie deserves a bed of her own." - Kate McCallum
"I have played against Annie and Dave quite a bit. My advice to Dave is to keep your enemies close and your couch closer." - Bobby Levin
"Dave has a great teaching style for the juniors. But you can only carry 'do as i say, not as I do' so far. " - Michael Rosenberg
"Dave who?" - Judy Hummel
“For forty years I’ve been telling you to be more practical and you do this to me?” - Jack Oest
"Even bridge bums occasionally sleep in a bed." - Alan Sontag
"Perhaps Dave should play backgammon instead." - Kit Woolsey
"Mostly hopeless." - David Grainger