It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully.
But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can.
You don't understand me. I'm a teenager. I've got problems!
The trees like lungs filling with air. My sister, the mean one, pulling my hair.
I was unemployable when I got out of college.
That’s how people live, by telling stories. What’s the first thing a kid says when he learns how to talk? “Tell me a story.” That’s how we understand who we are, where we come from. Stories are everything.