I Was Born Trash In A Land

Two Or Three Things I Know, Two Or Three Things I Know For Sure, And One Of Them Is That To Go On Living I Have To Tell Stories, That Stories Are The One Sure Way I Know To Touch The Heart And Change The World

I'll Tell You The Secret. When You Begin With A Character, You Want To Begin By Creating A Villain.

The Worst Thing In The World Was The Way I Felt When I Wanted Us To Be Like The Families In The Books In The Library, When I Just Wanted Daddy Glen To Love Me Like The Father In Robinson Crusoe. (209)

One Of The Strengths I Derive From My Class Background Is That I Am Accustomed To Contempt.

People Begin To Write In Order To Create What They Have Not Found And, A Little Bit, To Give Something Back.