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

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nobody does anything for one reason.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

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...

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.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

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.