I Think You Have An Obligation To

A Literary Achievement Of The Highest Order.

Time Made Me Change. I Gradually Woke Up To The Realization That This Is Who I Am, An Author, A Public Figure, And I Couldn't Just Hide In My Study, Tapping Away At The Keyboard And Pretend That I Didn't Have A Role To Play Beyond Stringing Words Together.

I Was Born In Washington State And Have Lived Here For 42 Plus Years.

What Some People Interpret As Brooding Melancholy Is Serenity. I Don't Feel Required To Grasp All The Time.

The Strange Thing Was, He Wanted To Like Everyone. He Just Couldn't Find A Way To Do It.