Nobody does anything for one reason.

The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer.

Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated.

But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down.

They were gone and I missed them but even so I was very happy. For the rest of my life no matter where on this planet earth I went and no matter how scared or confused I got, I could wait until dark and look up into the night sky and see my three friends again and my heart would swell with love of them and make me strong and clearheaded.