I Learned That Lesson A Long Time

I Grew Up In A Very Small, Close-knit, Southern Baptist Family, Where Everything Was Off-limits. So I Couldn't Wait To Get To College And Have Some Fun. And I Did For The First Two Years. And I Regret A Lot Of It, Because My Grades Were In Terrible Shape.

Shame Was An Emotion He Had Abandoned Years Earlier. Addicts Know No Shame. You Disgrace Yourself So Many Times You Become Immune To It.

I'm Not In Favor Of The Death Penalty. But I'm In Favor Of Locking These People Away In Maximum Security Units Where They Can Never Get Out. They Can Never Escape. They Can Never Be Paroled. Lock The Bad Ones Away. But You Gotta Rethink Everybody Else.

I Remember Stephen King Did A Fundraiser One Time With J.k. Rowling And He Was Very Impressed With Her. But We Talk A Lot About Publishing, Bookselling, And Book Writing. He's Been Around For Ten Years Longer Than Me And Was A Bestseller Right Off The Bat. And He's Seen And Done Everything. It's Rare To Be With Somebody Who Has Been Through All Of That.

She Was Pondering The Option Of Law School, The Great American Baby-sitter For Directionless Postgrads.