Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.

We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.

I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.

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