Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...