Shame Was An Emotion He Had Abandoned

My Mum Was Never Too Keen On Tv, So We Kids All Went To The Library And Got Books Out. Right From The Start, I Loved The Works Of Mark Twain. Every Time I Read About Tom Sawyer, I'd Go Out And Do Something Low-level Naughty, Just Like Him.

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

My Name Became A Brand And I'd Love To Say It Was The Plan From The Start. But The Only Plan Was To Keep Writing Books. And I've Stuck To That Ever Since.

You Burn A Man's Pickup, And He's Ready For War.

The Coffee Arrives, And We Backslide Into What Lawyers Do Best---talking About Other Lawyers.