What Sustains Me Is To Be With

What Sustains Me Is To Be With My Family And To Write.

When I Went To College I Took A Creative Writing Class And Decided In A Week To Be A Writer.

I Write Because Something Inner And Unconscious Forces Me To. That Is The First Compulsion. The Second Is One Of Ethical And Moral Duty. I Feel Responsible To Tell Stories That Inspire Readers To Consider More Deeply Who They Are.

I Think You Have An Obligation To Share What You Know As A Writer.

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.