People Say I Don't Write Books, I

. . . Besides Love, Independence Of Thought Is The Greatest Gift An Adult Can Give A Child.

I Am Essentially An Entertainer And A Storyteller.

Inside All People There Is Love, Also The Need To Take Care Of The Other Man Who Is His Brother. Inside Everyone Is A Savage, But There Is Also Happening Tenderness And Compassion.

People Say I Don't Write Books, I Make Christmas Presents.

I Was Born Illegitimately And Almost Immediately, As I Understand It, Placed In An Orphanage. So My Very Earliest Memories Were In An Orphanage. It Was The Tag End Of The Great Depression When I Was Born. People Were Desperately Poor.