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I Had A Little Insight Into Life That Most Kids Probably Didn't Have. My Mother Was A Schoolteacher, And My Father Was A Social Worker. Through His Eyes I Saw The Underside Of Society.

I Wasn't A Very Discriminating Reader. I Read Just About Everything That Came Along.

I Used To Think That Driving, Sleepless, Ambitious Labor Was What You Needed To Succeed.

I Could Tell You Which Writer's Rhythms I Am Imitating. It's Not Exactly Plagiarism, It's Falling In Love With Good Language And Trying To Imitate It.

There Are A Lot Of People Who Are Doing Wonderful Things, Quietly, With No Motive Of Greed, Or Hostility Toward Other People, Or Delusions Of Superiority.