Without Dignity, Identity Is Erased.

In Terms Of Writing About Horses, I Fell Backwards Into That. I Was Intent On Getting A Ph.d., Becoming A Professor, And Writing On History But I Got Sick 14 Years Ago When I Was 19. Getting Sick Derailed That Plan Completely

I've Used A Cellphone Exactly Twice. Things Move On. The World Changes. And I Don't Know It

I'm Attracted To Subjects Who Overcome Tremendous Suffering And Learn To Cope Emotionally With It

Honestly, I Expected To Get A Cold Reception Because Of My Subject Matter. But When Editors Took A Look At The Story I Had To Tell, And Saw That This Was Not A Parochial Story At All, They Really Warmed To It

Dignity Is As Essential To Human Life As Water, Food, And Oxygen. The Stubborn Retention Of It, Even In The Face Of Extreme Physical Hardship, Can Hold A Man's Soul In His Body Long Past The Point At Which The Body Should Have Surrendered It.