Like My Mother Said, You Can't Go

I Was Shy, But I Stood Up In Front Of The Class And I Gave My Report.i Was Reporting On Books That I Didn't Want To Read. I Was Inventing Books That I Didn't Want To Read.

I Never Thought About Writing. I Was Married Young, I Was Still In College, As We Did Then, And I Had Two Babies Before I Was 25, And I Loved Them, And I Loved Taking Care Of Them, But I Was A Little Bit Cuckoo, Staying At Home And Not Having A Creative Outlet.

We Weren't Doing Blow Jobs When I Was Growing Up.

The Only Thing That Works With Writing Is That You Care So Passionately About It Yourself, That You Make Someone Else Care Passionately About It.

I Didn't Know Anything About Writers. It Never Occurred To Me They Were Regular People And That I Could Grow Up To Become One, Even Though I Loved To Make Up Stories Inside My Head.