Much more than memoir; it's history.
Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.
And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.
Motivations are too tangled and complex.
I'm seventy-six now. I'm at a stage in my life where I feel a lot of affection and regard for women, and I felt the need to make this clear in some way. I don't know how they'll feel when they read it, but I feel okay about it.
I am not a ventriloquist.