I Will Not Say I Am Sorry,

We Salvage What We Can, What Truly Matters To Us, Even At The Gates Of Despair.

One Didn't Stop To Talk With Creatures From One's Nightmares.

Writing Is Never, Ever Easy But I Wake Up Every Morning Grateful For The Gift Of Being Able To Do This.

Some Writers Later, Describing The Events Of That Night And Day, Wrote That Wan'yen Of The Altai Had Seen A Spirit-dragon Of The River And Become Afraid. Writers Do That Sort Of Thing. They Like Dragons In Their Tales.

When I Was 18 Years Old, In A More Innocent Time, My First Backpacking Trip Through Europe, I Sneaked Into The Temple Of Saturn In The Roman Forum After Nightfall And Spent Several Hours In There Avoiding The Guards Patrolling.