The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War.

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I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that...

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that...

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community...

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community...

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.

Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest...

Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest...

Nobody does anything for one reason.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all...

One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all...

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the...

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the...

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than...

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than...

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political...

John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political...

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you...

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you...

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my...

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my...

So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing...

So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing...

The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house...

The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house...

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

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

First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They...

First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They...

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

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

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And...

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And...