A Peasant That Reads Is A Prince

People Don't Understand How Hard It Is To Get Recognized, How Hard It Is To Get People To Read Your Books. How Hard It Is To Get People To Even To Understand What They're Reading When They're Talking To You About Their Books.

I Have Never Thought That I Have Sacrificed Anything Being A Writer. That Might Not Be True, Maybe I Have Sacrificed Something. Maybe I've Given Something Up, But I Can't Think Of It.

I'm Writing, I'm Using Language, I'm Using That Language To Tell Stories And Even More So To Get Ideas Across. And I Just Love That, And I've Always Loved That.

I Took Up Writing To Escape The Drudgery Of That Every Day Cubicle Kind Of War.

When You Deal With A Person Who's Experiencing Dementia, You Can See Where They're Struggling With Knowledge. You Can See What They Forget Completely, What They Forget But They Know What They Once Knew. You Can Tell How They're Trying To Remember.