Life Is Short..live To The Fullest.

There Is No Devious And Dangerous Life. I've Lived A Charmed Life, Especially In The Last Thirty Years Since I've Started Publishing. I've Won The Lottery. And I Keep Winning It Every Year And I Am So Fortunate To Do Something I Thoroughly Enjoy And Still Enjoy After A Bunch Of Books.

Privileged People Don't March And Protest; Their World Is Safe And Clean And Governed By Laws Designed To Keep Them Happy.

Because I Was Single, There Was A Chance I Was A Homosexual. Because I Went To Syracuse, Wherever That Was, Then I Was Probably A Communist. Or Worse, A Liberal. Because I Was From Memphis, I Was A Subversive Intent On Embarrassing Ford County.

Shame Was An Emotion He Had Abandoned Years Earlier. Addicts Know No Shame. You Disgrace Yourself So Many Times You Become Immune To It.

Writing Was Not A Childhood Dream Of Mine. I Do Not Recall Longing To Write As A Student. I Wasn't Sure How To Start.