Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. ~Tom Wolfe

Everything was becoming allegorical, understood by the group mind, and especially this: "You're either on the bus...or off the bus.

Most people don't read editorial pages. I think I must have been 40 before I even looked at an editorial page.

Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. ~Tom Wolfe

If you label it this, then it can't be that.

Dear Mother, I meant to write you before this and I hope you haven't been worried.... I have met some Beautiful People and...

Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed.