Shock equals discovery, and if I narrated my past, you'd be pretty grossed out too, I bet - same as if you narrated yours. Aren't we all composed of our past mistakes? Isn't that part of emerging into an adult awareness of the world?

The truth is out there somewhere, but the dog needs to be walked.

As a writer I'm not an explainer, really. I'm a narrator. I mistrust explanation.

Comfort and solace come about differently for different people.

Any good biography has to got to lead you to the work. Many biographers have started out in love with their subjects and ended up hating them.

Shock equals discovery, and if I narrated my past, you'd be pretty grossed out too, I bet - same as if you narrated yours. Aren't we all composed of our past mistakes? Isn't that part of emerging into an adult awareness of the world?

Grammar, he saw, was agreement, community, consensus.