Writing Stories Is The Habit Of Lying

Our Stories Are What We Have,” Our Good Mother Says. “our Stories Preserve Us. We Give Them To One Another. Our Stories Have Value. Do You Understand?

If I'd Learned Nothing Else, It Was This: If You Want To Be A Great Writer, Be A Man. If You Can't Be A Man, Write Like One.

I Have Faith In Human Beings. I Struggle With That Faith.

If You Look At The World One Way, It Takes From You - It's A Thief Of Time, Energy, Creative Mojo. But If You Look At The World Another Way, It Gives You An Endless Supply Of Motivation.

I Wrote Before I Could Write. I Got My Hands On A Journal, Maybe A Hand-me-down; I Had Three Older Siblings. My First Entries Are In The Handwriting Of The Sister Closets In Age (5 Years My Senior). She Must Have Gotten Tired Of My Dictations Because She Gave Up And Then My Blocky Scrawl Shows Up. I Wrote Plays As A Kid Mostly.