The Beast Is The Monster That Destroys

I Keep Threatening To Keep A Formal Journal, But Whenever I Start One It Instantly Becomes An Exercise In Self-consciousness. Instead Of A Journal I Manage To Have Dozens Of Notebooks With Bits And Pieces Of Stories, Poems, And Notes. Almost Every Thing I Do Has Its Beginning In A Notebook Of Some Sort, Usually Written On A Bus Or Train.

And I See The - You Know, When I Go To The Juvenile Detention Centers And Prisons, I See People Who Can't Read Now. And I Know That When They Leave Those Prisons And Those Detention Centers, They're Not Going To Be Able To Make It In Our Society.

As A Young Man, I Saw Families Prosper Without Reading Because There Were Always Sufficient Opportunities For Willing Workers Who Could Follow Simple Instructions. This Is No Longer The Case. Children Who Don't Read Are, In The Main, Destined For Lesser Lives. I Feel A Deep Sense Of Responsibility To Change This.

I Want Young People To Be Hesitant To Glorify War And To Demand Of Their Leaders Justification For The Sacrifices They Ask Of Our Citizens.

That's What's Wrong With Women. They Want You To Wait For Them Until They Get Ready And Then They Don't Even Tell You How They Feel.