With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.

They say life is all about connecting, like that's a good thing. But when brain and eyes are lining up you know different.

The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.

To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.

You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to understand your badness.