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

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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.

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...

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Nobody does anything for one reason.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

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...

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...