The Heinlein maneuver

“This mechanical, chrome-plated Heinlein has a great deal of heart. I had told him my writing troubles, but I hadn’t told him of any other troubles; however, clipped to the stack of story ideas was a check for a hundred dollars with a little scribbled note, ‘I have a suspicion your credit is bent.’ It is very difficult for words like ‘thank you’ to handle a man that can do a thing like that.”