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

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I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading...

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading...

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are...

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are...

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...

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...

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

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...

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

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

What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get...

What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get...

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...

Nobody does anything for one reason.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

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.

A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the...

A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the...

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...

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...

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...

And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to...

And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to...

I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows...

I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows...

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...

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

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

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.