My Parents Were Very Well Read. They

I Wanted To Go To Portland Because It's A Really Good Book Town.

I Have Loved Books All My Life. There Is Nothing More Beautiful In Our Material World Than The Book.

By The Time I Was 10 Or 11, I Was Completely Demoralized. I Thought, "i'm Done. I'm Never Going To Be A Missionary," Because My Indiscretion Column, Whether It Was Little Lies Or Stealing A Chunky Bar, Kept Me From Sainthood.

In The Period Where I Had To Live The Life Of A Citizen - A Life Where, Like Everybody Else, I Did Tons Of Laundry And Cleaned Toilet Bowls, Changed Hundreds Of Diapers And Nursed Children - I Learned A Lot.

I Learned From Him That Often Contradiction Is The Clearest Way To Truth