I had a kind of tough early life. I had a tough time in school. I had an unsympathetic family in terms of what I was trying to do. I decided that my family situation was simply hopeless. I kinda bailed out, and my brother and sister didn't. I failed at marriage, which I'm very upset with myself over.

I've outlived my parents, and I've had some wonderful second chances in life. I feel remarkably uncheated.

I strongly believe that literature can do something that nothing else can do, and that is embody the human spirit.

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