I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.

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I delight in what I fear.

I delight in what I fear.

Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.

Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.

Cocoa? Cocoa! Damn miserable puny stuff, fit for kittens and unwashed boys. Did Shakespeare drink...

Cocoa? Cocoa! Damn miserable puny stuff, fit for kittens and unwashed boys. Did Shakespeare drink...

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical...

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical...

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm...

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm...