To Share Our Stories Is Not Only

It's A Great Thing When A Man Knows How To Dance, She Said. When A Man Can Dance, The World Is His Oyster." Adele, Henry's Mother

It Troubles Me That People Speak About Writing For Money As Ugly And Distasteful.

The Vehemence With Which Certain Critics Have Chosen Not Simply To Criticize What I've Written, But To Challenge My Writing This Story At All, Speaks Of What The Book Is About: Fear Of Disapproval.

Every Child, Woman, And Man Should Possess License To Speak Or Sing In His Or Her True Voice.

Long After Salinger Sent Me Away, I Continued To Believe His Standards And Expectations Were The Best Ones.