I Took Up Writing To Escape The

My Job Is Writing For People To Enjoy And Then Writing About A Broader And A Deeper World.

All Writing Is That Structure Of Revelation. There's Something You Want To Find Out. If You Know Everything Up Front In The Beginning, You Really Don't Need To Read Further If There's Nothing Else To Find Out.

When You Deal With A Person Who's Experiencing Dementia, You Can See Where They're Struggling With Knowledge. You Can See What They Forget Completely, What They Forget But They Know What They Once Knew. You Can Tell How They're Trying To Remember.

We Born Dyin'...but You Ask A Man An' He Talk Like He Gonna Live Forevah.

I Would Have Been Completely Brainwashed By This Lopsided And Racist View Of The World If It Weren't For My Father. He Was A Deep Thinker And An Irrepressible Problem Solver. He Was A Black Socrates, Asking Why And Then Spoiling Ready-made Replies.