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My Dad's Side Of The Family ... They're A Real Bizarre Bunch, Going Back To The Original Colonies. That Side's Got A Real Tough Strain Of Alcoholism. It Goes Back Generations And Generations, So That You Can't Remember When There Was A Sober Grandfather.

I've Heard Writers Talk About "discovering A Voice," But For Me That Wasn't A Problem. There Were So Many Voices That I Didn't Know Where To Start.

My First Job Was With The Burns Detective Agency. They Sent Me Over To The East River To Guard Coal Barges During These God-awful Hours Like Three To Six In The Morning. It Wasn't A Very Difficult Job -- All I Had To Do Was Make A Round Every Fifteen Minutes -- But It Turned Out To Be A Great Environment For Writing. I Was Completely Alone In A Little Outhouse With An Electric Heater And A Little Desk.

Democracy's A Very Fragile Thing. You Have To Take Care Of Democracy. As Soon As You Stop Being Responsible To It And Allow It To Turn Into Scare Tactics, It's No Longer Democracy, Is It? It's Something Else. It May Be An Inch Away From Totalitarianism.

I Still Haven't Gotten Over This Thing Of Walking Down The Street And Somebody Recognizing You Because You've Been In A Movie. There's This Illusion That Movie Stars Only Exist In The Movies. And To See One Live Is Like Seeing A Leopard Let Out Of The Zoo.