The Problem With Me Is, I Guess,

Opinions I Have About Anything Are In My Personal Life.

Larry Grobel Has The Illness Of All Writers, He Can't Help Himself. You're Talking To Him And All Of A Sudden, You Say, "he's Puttin' That In His Cash Register!"

My Early Career Was A Real Rush Of Movies And Stardom - It Was Almost Overwhelming.

The Thing Is Doing It, That's What It's All About. Not In The Results Of It. After All What Is A Risk? It's A Risk Not To Take Risks. Otherwise, You Can Go Stale And Repeat Yourself. I Don't Feel Like A Person Who Takes Risks. Yet There's Something Within Me That Must Provoke Controversy Because I Find It Wherever I Go. Anybody Who Cares About What He Does Takes Risks.

Many Years Ago, In The Late '70s, I Toured Colleges Along The East Coast And I Presented A Kind Of Show Where I Got A Lot Of Books And Poetry And Pieces Of [william] Shakespeare And Other Writers That I Admire, Read It To The Class And Then Afterward We Would Talk And I Would Answer Questions. It Was Really A Way Of Expressing And Finding Out About Where I Was At That Particular Time, So It Was Very Therapeutic For Me.