It Wasn't That I Was Stupid ...

Each Child Brings So Much Joy And Hope Into The World, And That Is Reason Enough For Being Here. As You Grow Older, You Will Contribute Something Else To This World, And Only You Can Discover What That Is.

What Exactly Did People Do When They Had All The Time In The World And Could Do Whatever They Liked?

I Entered A Poem In A Poetry Contest Around 1987, And The Poem Won And I Received $1,000 For It. That Made Me Realize That Maybe What I Was Writing Was Worth Reading To People. After That, For Some Reason, I Turned To Novels And I've Written Mainly Novels Ever Since.

I Started Thinking About Life Insurance And How Nice It Would Be If You Could Get Insurance That Your Life Would Be Happy, And That Everyone You Knew Could Be Happy, And They Could All Do What They Really Wanted To Do, And They Could All Find The People They Wanted To Find.

Don’t Be In Too Much Of A Rush To Be Published. There Is Enormous Value In Listening And Reading And Writing—and Then Putting Your Words Away For Weeks Or Months–and Then Returning To Your Work To Polish It Some More.