I'm A Bit Of A

[he] Saw Communism For The Sham That It Was--a Bunch Of Brutes Who Seized Power In The Name Of The People, Only To Repress The Very People They Claimed To Champion.

My Doctors Warned Me Repeatedly That If You Don't Stay Positive, You Don't Do Well.

When I Was Writing My First Novel A Friend Told Me I Should Apply For A Grant From The Government That Was Offered To Support Starving Artists. I Can't Tell You How Much This Deeply Offended Me. I Told Her In Very Clear Language That I Thought It Was Ridiculous To Think That Other Americans Ought To Pay For Me To Chase My Dream. Anybody Who Understands Pride And Self-determination Gets This. So I Bartended At Night, I Wrote During The Day, And I Paid For My Own Damn Insurance. I Didn't Expect Anybody Else To Pick It Up For Me.

I Have Been Blessed To Have The Same Editor And Work For A Great Publishing House.

I Just Look At What's Going On In The World.